• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: $143,325 - $168,000

Position Summary

We are seeking an exceptional Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) to join the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The Nurse Practitioner will work under the direct supervision of the ICU attending physicians as well as with the ICU fellows to care for critically ill patients in an academic MICU and possibly an intermediate care unit and/or ventilator unit. There may be opportunities to teach Nurse Practitioner students and pursue research projects.

Responsibilities

• Obtain patient histories and perform physical examinations.
• Order and evaluate appropriate laboratory, radiographic and other studies.
• Formulate diagnostic assessments.
• Develop differential diagnoses.
• Begin management plans and perform diagnostic, therapeutic and laboratory procedures in accordance with training and scope of practice.
• Initiate sub-specialty consultations or evaluations.
• Counsel and instruct patients and their families.
• Render appropriate care in the presence of a life-threatening emergency when a physician is unavailable and document all care rendered in accordance with MICU policies and procedures.
• Perform additional duties as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience, with one to two years of experience.
  NP board certification.
• Current New York State Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Registered Nurse (RN) licenses.
• AHA BLS certification.
• AHA ACLS certification (Critical Care/Surgical).
• Eligible for DEA certification.

Other Requirements

• Participation in medical surveillance program
  • Contact with patients and/or human research subjects
  • Wear N-95 respirator
  • Potential bloodborne pathogen exposure
• Successful completion of applicable compliance and systems training requirements

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

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