Acute Care Advanced Practice Provider

Description

Specialization:
Surgery Trauma
Acute Care

Job Summary:

Grand Strand Medical Center is seeking a skilled and dedicated Advanced Care Practitioner to join our Acute Care Surgical Service Line. This position involves providing high-level care in various critical environments, including the Trauma Floor, Trauma Resuscitation Bays, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), and in the management of Emergency General Surgery. The role requires a collaborative approach to patient management, working alongside a dynamic team of healthcare professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide advanced care to patients in acute surgical settings, including Trauma Floor, Trauma Resuscitation Unit, SICU, and Emergency General Surgery.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments, develop treatment plans, and manage acute and complex patients.
- Perform essential procedures such as central line insertions, chest tube placements, arterial line insertion, and bronchoscopies.
- Collaborate with attending surgeons, residents, nurses, and other multidisciplinary team members to provide optimal patient care.
- Participate in trauma resuscitation and emergency interventions as needed.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge and competencies in acute care and trauma protocols.
- Document patient progress notes, order appropriate diagnostic tests, and interpret results to aid in treatment planning.
- Participate in patient and family education, ensuring clear communication and support throughout the care process.
- Engage in continuous professional development and quality improvement initiatives.
- Willingness to serve in a teaching capacity to PA and NP Advance Care Provider students rotating from local universities
- Training advanced care practitioners in assisting robotic surgeries to ensure proficiency; detailed understanding of responsibility lesion robotic procedures, such as assisting with patient positioning, docking and undocking the robot, and instrument exchange; importance of team working communication to ensure patient safety

Work Schedule:

- Full-time position with daytime coverage from Monday to Sunday, 6 AM to 6 PM.
- Expectation to cover some night shifts, occurring every 6 to 8 weeks.

Qualifications:

- Active and unrestricted Advanced Practice Provider license (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) in the applicable state.
- Certification in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), with a commitment to maintaining current certification (may be obtained after beginning employment).
- Proven experience and clinical competence in acute care surgery, trauma, or critical care settings is preferred.
- Proficiency in performing advanced medical procedures such as central line insertions, chest tube placements, arterial line insertion, and bronchoscopies, or willingness to undergo hospital-provided competency training.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work seamlessly within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Commitment to patient-centered care and continuous quality improvement.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional development with paid continuing education days and expense reimbursement.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Assistance with competency training and skill development in advanced procedures
- An established diverse Advanced Care Provider team to provide new hires a comprehensive orientation experience.

About GSMC Trauma Center:

• Home to one of six Level I adult trauma centers in South Carolina and the only Level II pediatric trauma center in Horry and Georgetown Counties; 24/7 in-house coverage for Trauma and all emergency surgery for our facility
• Acute Care Surgery team provides the full range of care to patients who are critically ill with acute surgical emergencies, shock, severe sepsis, respiratory failure, and advanced multi-organ failure, in addition to providing the critical care coverage for our Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit
• Provide the full range of patient care services for both adult and pediatric trauma patients
• Trauma surgeons treated over 3,600 injured patients in 2020.
• Currently in active development is the initiative to have all of our ACS surgeons trained in robotic surgery
• Three dedicated trauma rooms with a helipad adjacent to the emergency department and one dedicated Trauma operating room
• Currently have six critical care surgeons and seven advanced practice providers
• We also have the privilege of training general surgery residents and participating in trauma research and outreach.
• Our goal is to develop a patient-centered program that will address the needs of each patient but which will also enable us to address these larger issues and improve the results for all our acute care patients

About Grand Strand Medical Center:

• 403 bed tertiary referral center
• Largest and most clinically advanced hospital in the area
• ACS verified Level I adult trauma center
• DHEC approved Level II pediatric trauma center
• 4 emergency departments 
• Pediatric ER
• DNV-GL certified comprehensive stroke center
• Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI
• Only provider of open-heart surgery in the area
• Inpatient and outpatient behavioral health unit
• Inpatient rehabilitation unit
• Maternity center with Level II neonatal nursery and maternal fetal medicine for high-risk moms
• ACGME accredited residency programs with six residences (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, and a Transitional Program) and two fellowships (Hospice and Palliative Medicine and coming soon, Endocrinology)

Located in Myrtle Beach, in the heart of the "Grand Strand," the 60-mile stretch of coastline is considered one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the US. The area has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top retirement and tourist destinations (more than 20 million visitors a year) in the country. The community is comprised of a myriad of unique neighborhoods that include easy access to golf, the ocean, shopping and entertainment, national caliber live music venues, a local symphony, nationally recognized Botanical Garden (Brookgreen Gardens), minor league baseball, water parks, outlet shopping, international airport, fishing, boating and 1,800+ full service restaurants.