🔸Locum Physician Assistant - Critical Care | ICU Rounding & Responding | Boston, Massachusetts 🔸MG

Description

A locum tenens opportunity is available for a Physician Assistant (PA) in Critical Care beginning August 1, 2026 at a high-acuity academic medical center. This role functions as a critical care “responding clinician” in the ICU, providing support in a structured, physician-supervised environment. The assignment includes a day/night rotation with rotating weekends and holidays, and requires strong ICU experience.

About the facility

This is a large academic acute care hospital and teaching facility located in a major metropolitan center. The ICU is a 10-bed unit with an average daily census of approximately 7 patients, including adult and geriatric populations.

• Facility Type: Acute Care Teaching Hospital
• Practice Setting: ICU
• EMR System: Epic
• Patient Population: Adults and geriatrics
• Support Model:
  • MD supervision during day shifts
  • Fellow/attending supervision at night
  • 4 APPs currently on staff
• APP Role Type: Responding clinician only (no procedures)

Clinical Scope

• General ICU and medical-surgical patients
• 1–2 burn patients occasionally
• APP responsibilities include:
  • Morning ICU rounds with attending
  • Task management during the day
  • Afternoon rounding and follow-up care

Explicit exclusions (no procedures performed):

• No intubations
• No central or arterial lines
• No ventilator management
• No transplants
• No echocardiography
• No neuro head cases
• No EVD placements
• No complex stroke management

Compensation:

Pay Rate: Details can be discussed further after applying to the job posting.

Travel expenses: No travel required (local candidates preferred within 60-mile radius)

• Mileage
• Rental car
• Hotel
• Flight

Malpractice Covered

Job Responsibilities

• Provide ICU support as a critical care PA responding clinician
• Participate in daily multidisciplinary ICU rounds
• Assist with patient care planning under physician supervision
• Complete assigned clinical tasks throughout the day
• Support ICU workflow during day and night rotations
• Cover rotational weekends and holidays (minimum 2 weekends/month)
• Work collaboratively with attending physicians and fellows
• Maintain documentation and charting in Epic EMR

Qualifications

• Physician Assistant (PA) – required
• Board Certified in Critical Care – required
• Active Massachusetts license – required (no licensing support available)
• ACLS or BLS certification – required
• DEA required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU/critical care experience required
• Must be eligible for credentialing (approx. 90 days)
  

Working Hours

• Shift Options:
  • 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM (day shift)
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 AM (night shift)
• Structure: Day/night rotation
• Schedule: Full-time with rotating weekends and holidays
• Minimum weekend requirement: 2 weekends per month (Friday nights count as weekend)
• Call: No formal call stated

Skills

• Strong ICU critical care clinical judgment
• Experience in medical ICU and med-surg ICU environments
• Ability to function as a non-procedural responding clinician
• Competence in:
  • ICU rounding and care coordination
  • Managing stable to moderately complex ICU patients
  • Task prioritization in high-volume academic ICU settings
• Proficiency in Epic EMR
• Strong communication with attending physicians, fellows, and multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in academic/teaching hospital environments preferred