WhiteCoat Locums is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Critical Care/Intensive Care for a locum tenens job in Peoria, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Critical Care/Intensive Care
- Discipline: Nurse Practitioner
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 26 weeks
- Shift: rotating
- Employment Type: Locum Tenens
Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Assignment Details
- Location: Peoria, Illinois
- Provider Type: Nurse Practitioner (NP)
- Specialty: Critical Care Medicine
- Practice Setting: Hospital-Based / Intensive Care / Step-Down Units
- Coverage Type: Locum Tenens
- Start Date: December 1, 2026
- Assignment Duration: Ongoing
- Coverage Need: Multiple Providers
- Position Type: Full-Time / Part-Time
- EMR: Epic
Compensation
Schedule
- Monday-Sunday Coverage
- Night Shift: 7:00 PM-7:00 AM
- 12-Hour Shifts
- Approximately 20 Shifts Per Month
- Minimum 3 Consecutive Shifts Required
- At Least 1 Day Off After 6 Consecutive Working Days
- No Call Required
- Ongoing Coverage
Patient Population / Volume
- Adult Patients: 100%
- Average Daily Patient Volume: 10-15 Patients
- High-Acuity Critical Care Population
- Neurocritical Care Patients
- Cardiovascular Critical Care Patients
- Medical ICU Step-Down Patients
- Postoperative Cardiovascular Surgery Patients
- Hemodynamically Unstable Patients
- Patients Requiring Advanced Mechanical Circulatory Support
Clinical Responsibilities
- Provide Critical Care Services Across Neuro, Cardiac, and Medical ICU Step-Down Units
- Evaluate and Manage Critically Ill Adult Patients
- Perform Comprehensive Patient Assessments
- Develop and Implement Individualized Treatment Plans
- Manage Hemodynamically Unstable Patients
- Perform Bedside Critical Care Procedures
- Place Central Venous Catheters
- Place Arterial Lines
- Manage Postoperative Cardiovascular Surgery Patients
- Provide Neurocritical Care Management
- Manage Patients With Subdural Hemorrhages
- Provide Care for Patients With External Ventricular Drains (EVDs)
- Participate in the Management of Patients Requiring Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
- Participate in VA ECMO Patient Management
- Provide Care for Patients Requiring Impella Support
- Participate in Heart Transplant Patient Management
- Monitor Patient Progress and Response to Treatment
- Coordinate Care With Physicians, Fellows, Residents, and APP Colleagues
- Document Patient Evaluations and Treatment Plans in Epic
Required Procedures / Skills
- Critical Care Patient Management
- High-Acuity ICU Care
- Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Patients
- Central Venous Line Placement
- Arterial Line Placement
- Bedside Critical Care Procedures
- ECMO Support - Hands-On Experience Required
- Impella Support - Hands-On Experience Required
- Postoperative Critical Care Management
- Multidisciplinary Critical Care Collaboration
Preferred Clinical Experience
- Neurocritical Care
- Cardiovascular Critical Care
- Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
- VA ECMO Patient Management
- Heart Transplant Patient Management
- External Ventricular Drain (EVD) Patient Care
- Management of Complex Postoperative Cardiovascular Patients
Clinical Environment / Support
- Level I Trauma Center
- High-Acuity Hospital-Based Critical Care Setting
- Neuro ICU Step-Down Unit
- Cardiac ICU Step-Down Unit
- Medical ICU Step-Down Unit
- Three APPs Providing Coverage Across the Units
- Onsite Pulmonary Fellow Support
- Onsite Trauma Residents
- Onsite NICU Residents
- Attending Physicians Available for Consultation and Support
- Multidisciplinary Critical Care Team
- Epic EMR
Requirements
- Board Certified or Board Eligible - Required
- Active Illinois NP or PA License - Required at Presentation
- At Least 2 Years of Clinical Experience in Critical Care Medicine - Required
- Prior Critical Care APP Experience - Required
- Hands-On ECMO Experience - Required
- Hands-On Impella Experience - Required
- Experience Managing Critically Ill and Hemodynamically Unstable Patients - Required
- Comfortable Performing Central and Arterial Line Placements
- Comfortable Managing High-Acuity ICU Patients
- Ability to Work Independently Within a Collaborative Care Team
- ACLS Certification - Required
- BLS Certification - Required
- DEA - Required
- Illinois Controlled Substance Registration (CSR) - Required
- IMLC Not Accepted
- Must Be Available for Night Shift Coverage
- Must Be Able to Work a Minimum of 3 Consecutive Shifts
Submission Requirements
- Current Curriculum Vitae
- Board Certification or Board Eligibility Status
- Active Illinois NP or PA License
- ACLS Certification
- BLS Certification
- DEA Registration
- Illinois CSR Registration
- Critical Care APP Experience
- Confirmation of Hands-On ECMO Experience - Required
- Confirmation of Hands-On Impella Experience - Required
- Central and Arterial Line Placement Experience
- Current Availability
- Confirmation of Night Shift Availability
Credentialing
- Estimated Credentialing Timeframe: Approximately 60 Days
- Full Privileges Available
- Temporary Privileges Available
- Active Illinois License Required at Presentation
- IMLC Not Accepted
- Board Certification or Board Eligibility Required
- ACLS, BLS, DEA, and CSR Required
WhiteCoat Locums Job ID #S00922NP.
About WhiteCoat Locums
WhiteCoat Locums is founded and managed by physicians, who, like yourself, worked locums and dealt with many frustrations along the way ranging from lack of transparency and agencies’ misunderstanding of what hospitals and providers look for to poor communication and low pay rates.
That’s why we embarked on a journey to connect providers with the best locums jobs in the country while being 100% transparent, providing competitive pay rate and helping physicians succeed along the way!
Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Holiday Pay
- License and certification reimbursement
- Mileage reimbursement
- Weekly pay