Neurocritical Care PA needed in Louisiana

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Neurocritical Care PA needed in Louisiana
Start Date: As soon as Credentialed
Contract Length: 13 Weeks
Schedule: 3 Night Shifts per Week
Skills required: Facilitate patient admission, treatment and discharge. Compose medical records to be cosigned by medical staff (H&P, consult notes, progress notes, discharge summary). Conduct rounds on patients. Direct care as specified by approval protocols; initiate appropriate referrals and consults. Provide patient education, perform debridement and care for superficial wounds. Perform minor superficial surgical procedures. Perform incision and drainage of superficial abscesses. Perform dressing changes. Take wound cultures. Remove packing. Remove drains at direction of surgeons. Remove sutures at direction of surgeon. Insert and remove nasogastric tubes. Perform urinary bladder catheterization. Perform venous punctures. Perform routine immunization. Provide critical care to patients, including mechanical ventilator management, noninvasive ventilation management, calibration and operation of hemodynamic monitoring systems, management of critical care analgesia and sedation. Perform critical care procedures on patients to include bag mask ventilation, laryngeal mask insertion. Familiarity with the majority of the following: Neurologic examination, Neurologic localization, Neuroimaging, Electroencephalography, Ischemic stroke revascularization, Ischemic stroke secondary prevention, Intracerebral hemorrhage, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Traumatic brain injury, Intracranial pressure, Status epilepticus, Neuromuscular respiratory failure, Breathing and ventilation in critical care, Acid base and sodium, Fever and infection, Antithrombotics and reversal, Cardiac arrest, Detecting Brain death
Skills preferred/Special Procedures: CVC insertion, arterial line insertion, lumbar puncture; Implement SAH, ICH, and AIS pathways. Document core stroke measures, namely last known well for all, Hunt and Hess for SAH, ICH Score for ICH, NIHSS for AIS. Manage high-morbidity Neurosurgery post-operatively, including craniotomy, craniectomy, cranioplasty, transphenoidal resection, spine decompression/stabilization, carotid/intracranial stenting, and aneurysm clipping/coiling. Detect neurocritical emergencies on CT head. Interpret CXR and ECG accurately. Complete timely, updated, and accurate notes including Medication Reconciliation, Family History, and Social History.

Active LA License Required
Credentialing Timeframe: 60 Days
Medical malpractice insurance, travel, and lodging provided

If you are interested or would like to be presented, please reach out to me for more details.

Meghan Mathews
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• Medical malpractice insurance, travel, and lodging provided
• Quick credentialing
• No call