Career Central

Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford Hospital is the major teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Connecticut Medical School, serving the New England region. Our reputation for providing complex and innovative care to those in need is built on the foundation of excellence in patient care, teaching and research. Our quality programs have continually been recognized for excellence by the Federal Government, US News and World Report, Solucient, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the National Cancer Institute, to name a few.

Surgical Critical Care Advanced Practitioner Role Scope

• Hartford Hospital's Surgical Critical Care Team is committed to creating an innovative patient centered delivery system that continuously improves quality care.
• The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner (APRN) providers are part of a multidisciplinary team that plans and delivers care for complex multiple surgical patient populations including: general surgery, trauma, vascular, thoracic, liver transplants, and other critical care patients as the service needs dictate. 
• The Advanced Practice Provider works in collaboration with the attending intensivist, critical care fellows, residents, the primary admitting team and consultants.
• Responsibilities include managing multiple patients with varied critical illness, comprehensive physical assessments, interpretation of diagnostic results, hemodynamic/ventilator management, continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH), daily progress notes, patient/family education and meetings.
• Extensive 6 month immersion orientation with educational lectures, and case simulation in our Center for Education, Simulation & Innovation. Dedicated preceptors to provide training and supervision for patient management and skills such as arterial lines, central lines, chest tubes, and feeding tubes.

Advanced Practitioners Enjoy:

Exceptional benefits from a system known for exceptional care.

Hartford HealthCare doesn’t just take great care of its patients. It takes great care of its employees too. Our benefits include:

• Competitive Compensation
• Matching 401k, tiered medical, dental, and vision plans
• Generous Paid-Time Off
• Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice
• LEAN process improvement to drive quality outcomes and positively enhance both the patient and the provider experience
• EPIC EMR

Advanced Practitioner Requirements

• Nurse Practitioners (APRN) positions require National certification in Advanced Practice, MSN, and current CT Nurse Practitioner (APRN) License or eligible required.
• Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) board certification required for nurse practitioners.
• Physician Assistants (PA) positions require current CT Physician Assistants (PA) License and Board certification or eligible.
• All disciplines require Federal DEA, and CT Controlled Substance Registration
• Critical Care experience in Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) preferred. 
• Clinical rotation within critical care required for new grads
• ACLS/BLS

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth.  Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children.  We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.  Every moment matters.  And this is your moment.

For additional information:

E-mail Samuel McNeil, Physician Recruiter, Samuel.McNeil@hhchealth.org or call/text 860-637-5571.