Full-Time General Surgery Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital

Location: HF Providence Novi Hospital | 47601 Grand River Ave Novi, MI 48374

Status: Full-Time | Day Shift

Schedule: Three, 13.5 hour shifts per week (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. 4-5 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 full-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