Acute Care, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Basic Life Support (BLS), Cardiovascular, Catheterization, Consulting, Hospital, National League for Nursing (NLN), Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Nursing Credentials, On Call, Order Processing, Patient Care, Pediatrics, Physician Assistant, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Safety/Work Safety, Surgical Procedures, Team Player, United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Location: HF Providence Novi Hospital | 47601 Grand River Ave Novi, MI 48374
Status: Part-Time | Days (20 hours per week)
Schedule: Two 13.5 hour shifts week and one 13-hour shift week. Shifts are Monday - Friday with additional night/weekend on-call for OR surgical assisting.
Setting: 100% Inpatient & ED Consults | Mostly Adult patients with occasional pediatric age of 14 and up.
Call/Weekends:
Weekend: on-call only. Approx. 1 weekend day per month, scheduled in advance.
Call: on-call from home approx. 3 times per month. Report in only for OR surgical assisting. Scheduled in advance, report time is 1-hour.
Position Overview:
Henry Ford Health System is seeking a part-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our General Surgery team. This opportunity offers exposure to a fast-paced, highly skilled surgical service supporting specialties including general, HPB, colorectal, vascular, thoracic, breast, and select plastic surgery cases.
Responsibilities include daily rounding on pre- and post-operative patients, progress notes, order entry, bedside procedures, ED and inpatient consults, surgical first assisting as needed, and collaboration with residents and attending surgeons. The role also includes rotating at-home call coverage for emergent overnight, weekend, and holiday OR cases (1-hour response time).
Frequent opportunities exist to perform bedside procedures including I&Ds, wound debridement, chest tube placement, central line placement, Foley catheter placement, and wound VAC management.
Why Henry Ford Health
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
- Supportive, collaborative systemwide team
- Meaningful impact on employee health and safety
Employment contingent upon credentialing and completion of Employee Health screening per HFHS policy.
Qualifications:
- PA graduate from an accredited program
- NP graduate from an accredited program AND prior surgical assist experience.
- Current Michigan licensure
- National certification (ANCC, AANP, or NCCPA)
- BLS required; ACLS required (or obtained after hire)
- Prior surgical 1st assist experience, required.
- 2 years of prior surgical 1st assist experience, experience with bedside procedures, wound debridement, chest tube placement, central line placement, foley catheter placement wound vac placement, preferred.
- 2 years prior acute care experience, preferred.
Education & Training
- Nurse Practitioner (NP): Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
- Physician Assistant (PA): Completion of a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
Licensure
- Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the State of Michigan, or in the process of applying (proof of application required)
Certification
- NP: National certification by a certification body recognized by the State of Michigan (e.g., ANCC, AANP)
- PA: Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Required Certifications
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - required
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - required (may be obtained after hire)
DEA / Controlled Substance Licensure
- PA: DEA and Michigan Controlled Substance License (CSL) required through credentialing
- NP: DEA registration required through credentialing; NPs do not hold a Michigan CSL and will use their Michigan license number during the application process
Additional Information
- Organization: Henry Ford Providence Hospitals
- Department: HFPNH APP
- Henry Ford Health Location: Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital
- Shift: Day Job
- Union Code: Not Applicable