PA/NP - Surgical Transplant and Mechanical Support, Grand Rapids, MI

Posted:
11/14/2024, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States ⋅ Michigan, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Corewell Health Surgical Transplant offers an excellent full-time opportunity for an Advanced Practice Provider. 

This APP is part of a team that provides detailed surgical care to the heart and lung transplant patient population, as well as the entire mechanical circulatory support patient population. The provided care spans the preoperative, postoperative, and outpatient settings for this highly specialized patient population. No operative involvement required.

  • Participate in daily rounds with the multidisciplinary team.
  • Daily assessment of preoperative and postoperative transplant and VAD patients.
  • Maintain communication between the multidisciplinary team and have a thorough knowledge of the VAD and transplant patients.
  • Provide continuation of care of the VAD and transplant patient throughout inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • Provide communication to the VAD and transplant patient family including participation in family care conferences.
  • Represent the cardiothoracic service at VAD/heart transplant and lung transplant selection committee meetings.
  • Provide primary coverage for the cardiothoracic surgery service during the evaluation and workup of the transplant and MCS patient population as well as care for the immediate and subsequent re-admission of post op patients.
  • Perform consults of VAD, heart transplant, lung transplant evaluations. Perform consults for other surgical concerns as it relates to VAD and transplant patients, including drive line infections.
  • Management of surgical and wound concerns in the VAD and transplant patients in the Heart and Lung Transplant Clinic.
  • Preparing patients for transplant in regard to the pre-transplant plan and checklist.  Also maintaining a working knowledge of patients on the heart and transplant waitlist, including participation in weekly pre-heart transplant risks review meetings. 
  • Participate in weekly VAD/Transplant MDT rounds and discharge planning meetings.
  • Maintain knowledge of post-transplant patients including weekly outpatient post heart transplant rounds.
  • Chronic driveline infection management including monthly review meeting and frequent clinic appointments.
  • Procedures: chest tube management and removal, wound care including complex drive line and wound vac management, surgical site evaluation and management, management of Impella and axillary IABP devices in pre-transplant patients
  • Familiar with the surgical anatomy and transplant procedures. Working knowledge of physiologic consequences of heart and lung transplantation and incorporate that understanding in the preop workup of patients as well as the post op management of patients
  • Working knowledge of MCS including ECMO, Impella, Heartmate II, III, Heartware and Centrimag technologies.
  • Detailed knowledge of UNOS (United Network of Organ Sharing) and how heart and lungs are placed in the United States.
  • Works with the multidisciplinary team to develop department and hospital policies regarding transplantation and VADs, including VAD and transplant quality and safety meetings

Qualifications: 

Nurse Practitioner: 

  • Required Master's Degree Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a master’s, post-master’s or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission 
  • 3 years of relevant experience current, relevant clinical experience 
  • Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role as a Nurse Practitioner 
  • LIC-Nurse Practitioner (NP) - State of Michigan  
  • CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)  
  • CRT-Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)  
  • CRT-Pediatric Adv Life Support (PALS)  

Physician Assistant: 

  • Required Master's Degree Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program 
  • LIC-Physician Assistant - State of Michigan 
  • CRT-Physician Asst Certified (PA-C) - NCCPA National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants  
  • CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)  
  • CRT-Pediatric Adv Life Support (PALS)  
  • CRT-Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) 

Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital

Right in the heart of Grand Rapids, you’ll find a nationally recognized hospital for patient quality and safety and the regional leader in full-service hospitals. Since 1873, Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (part of Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals) has been growing and building a reputation of excellence in care, diagnostics, treatment, prevention and education. It is the flagship hospital for Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals, which includes Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, and Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion. 

Butterworth Hospital offers a wide range of advanced medical, surgical and specialty care services that allow the urban campus in downtown Grand Rapids to serve as a major tertiary and quaternary referral center for West Michigan and beyond. These services include the only Regional Burn Center and Level I Trauma Center in West Michigan. Butterworth Hospital is a clinical leader in cardiovascular, cancer, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, neurosciences, trauma and emergency care services, among many others. 

About Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, the fastest growing major city in Michigan, and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community, Grand Rapids is home to ArtPrize, concert and theater venues, museums, Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, city owned parks, and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore. With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people, Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute, and education.  In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas. 

Corewell Health

People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy, and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 65,000+ dedicated people—including more than 12,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15,500 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members  Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness. For more information, visit corewellhealth.org. 

How Corewell Health cares for you

  • Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.

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  • Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

Primary Location

SITE - North Office Building - 221 Michigan St - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Cardiothoracic Surgery - CHMG West

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Variable (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

Variable

Days Worked

Variable

Weekend Frequency

Variable weekends

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