Grand View Health, in 2023, opened a state-of-the-art six story pavilion, with helipad and trauma bays in the new Emergency Department. GVH is a Level II Trauma Center, in collaboration with Penn Medicine.
We have availability for per diem Trauma/Critical Care APPs, including both CRNPs and PA-Cs. The Trauma APPs are employed by Grand View Health and will report to the Trauma surgeons. This is a per diem position, including possible nights and weekends. 
The trauma medical director is Dr. Dave Scaff from Penn Medicine, working solely at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, PA.
 
The APP will work within a team of skilled, experienced trauma surgeons and APPs to cover a 24/7 trauma and acute care surgery service line at our Level II trauma center at Grand View Hospital. The APP will deliver comprehensive patient care for the trauma and general surgery patient population throughout the inpatient care continuum, from emergency department and initial trauma bay resuscitation, to the operating room, the ICU, the med-surg floor, and through discharge. 
 
The APP will perform patient assessments and coordinate patient management autonomously, with physician collaboration and supervision as appropriate.   
 
The APP’s scope of practice includes the following elements:
- Direct patient care of new patients and daily patient census
- Initial assessment and management in Trauma Resuscitations
- Assessment and management of critically ill surgical patients in the intensive care unit
- Coordination of care amongst the multidisciplinary team and subspecialty service lines
- Assessment and management of med-surg floor patients, with appropriate coordination and execution of timely discharges
- Performs credentialed procedures independently once procedural competency verified
- First assists in operative cases and procedures once proficiency verified
 

Education and Experience:
- Certified Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (adult, acute care, geriatric)
- ACLS: required upon hire
- ATLS: required upon hire
- PALS: recommended
- >2 years of experience as a Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider
 
Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated analytical skills, required
- Demonstrated problem solving skills, required
- Ability to listen to others, required
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills, required
- Effective interpersonal skills, required
- Ability to maintain the strictest levels of confidentiality, required
- Builds and manages effective teams, required
- Effective leadership skills, required
- Instills commitment to organizational goals, required
- Ability to make and implement decisions, required
- Service-oriented, required
- Competency in the use of a variety of computer hardware and software systems, required
- EMR Meditech experience a plus but will train