Physician Assistant (Surgical Critical Care)

Quick Facts

• Role: Physician Assistant (Surgical Critical Care)

• Setting: Inpatient Surgical and Trauma ICU

• Schedule: Full-time nights (40 hours/week), no call

• Focus: Complex trauma and high-acuity surgical patients (including transplant, vascular, general surgery, neurosurgery, and interventional radiology)

• EMR: Epic

Description

Help plan and deliver care for critically ill surgical and trauma patients while working with physicians and a multidisciplinary team. This role emphasizes independent clinical decision-making and opportunities to teach within the professional scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver Surgical and Trauma ICU care for complex surgical patients

• Manage ICU patients independently within APP scope

• Provide ventilator management and resuscitation

• Perform critical care procedures within APP scope

• Collaborate with physicians and the multidisciplinary ICU team and support teaching

Requirements

• Certified or board-eligible Physician Assistant

• Unrestricted Connecticut professional license or eligibility

• Minimum 1–2 years of recent Critical Care experience as an APP in an ICU (at least 1 year of APP experience)

• Proficiency in independent ICU management, ventilator management, resuscitation, and critical care procedures within APP scope

• Comfortable working independently on nights

• Current CV

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with premium night differentials

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Generous PTO

• Paid CME time and CME budget

• Professional license and dues reimbursement

• 401(k) with employer match

• Tuition assistance and higher education partnerships

• Health savings and flexible spending accounts

• Life and disability coverage

• Emergency backup care, employee assistance, and voluntary benefits