PCICU PA needed in Northern CA - Will license

Job description

Hello! My name is Samantha Hutchinson and my client in Northern CA is looking for a PCICU PA to help out their facility starting in late February! If you would be interested in being presented please call or text Sign up or sign in for contact information. If you do not already have a California license we can help you obtain one for this assignment

Specialty: PCICU
Start Date: 02/23/2026
Contract Length: 6 mo, option to extend
Shift Details: variable 12-hour shifts including weekends, days, nights, & holidays
Must be able to provide 50% night or weekend coverage with availability
Options for night and weekend call, although not guaranteed.

Schedule:

Work Details:
• Support staff: 2 teams, each with: 1 attending, 3 NP, 1 fellow
• Overnight there’s 1 attending, 2 NPs
• Amount of coverage needed per month: Minimum 4 12-hour shifts
• Patients per day: 17-18
• Patient population/age: Majority peds, neonatal(8 beds), 8% of total population is adult congenital
• Department description:
• 350 surgical cases/year
• Majority of patients are surgical
• Patients include: a significant heart failure population, patients on vents, patients who are pre & post op, patients with cardiac catheterization, many patients on ECMO, many pre-post op transplant patients
Experience with ecmo preferred

• EMR: epic
• Hospital bed size: 18

• Special procedures:
• APPs may do IVs & arterial lines, could intubate or central lines

• Most procedures done by fellow or attending

• Skills required:
• Must be comfortable in PCICU inpatient setting, working with neonatals all the way up to adult populations. Must have knowledge of general cardiovascular critical care, particularly peds, exp managing ECMO/CRRT/Bags.

• Team player, flexible, willing to work nights and weekends, good communication

Practice Setting:
• Inpatient
• Hospital

Requirements:
• Board Certification: CPNP-AC;
• License required: CA
• NP MUST have CA license
• PA can submit without a CA license
• DEA: Yes, CA with schedule 2
• Certifications required: PALS, BLS
• Minimum experience required:
• 1 years of PCICU(no surgery, no stepdown, must be experienced with pediatric cardiovascular critical care)

• Exp with heart failure would be a plus, although not required

Credentialing Timeframe: 60-90 days
Interview Expectations (how many?): Probably 2 interviews, 1 with manager and 1 with Med Director

• 6 months with the option to extend
• No call
• Night and Day shifts available