Advanced Practice Provider (APP, PA, NP), Inpatient Leukemia- Full Time Days

UChicago Medicine•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join the University of Chicago Medicine as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) for our Inpatient Leukemia service. The Advanced Practice Provider will be responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management and will manage a caseload of patients by exercising autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The APP will provide healthcare and patient services that may include educational, research, and clinical nursing specialist support, as well as complete administrative activities under the direction and supervision of the Director/leadership. The APP has acquired the knowledge, skills, and judgment necessary to assist the physician through organized instruction and supervised practice. The Inpatient Leukemia service is an APP-staffed service with the support of a Hematology/Oncology Fellow and Hematology/Oncology Attending. This is a day shift position from 7am to 7:30pm. After an orientation period of approximately 3 months, the APP will work autonomously and collaboratively with the rest of the APP team, Leukemia attending, Leukemia fellow, and pharmacist to manage Leukemia service inpatients. The team rounds in the morning and the APPs present patients with their assessments and plans. APPs then carry out the plan for the day, calling consults, placing orders, admitting expected and unexpected admits, and performing procedures. This candidate will be trained in the management of acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, as well as oncologic emergencies (eg neutropenic fever, tumor lysis syndrome, differentiation syndrome, DIC, HLH).

Requirements

Master's of Science in Nursing (for Nurse Practitioner candidates)
Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois RN and APN licensure/registration (for Nurse Practitioner candidates)
Must be certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the ANCC or AANP (for Nurse Practitioner candidates)
Must have or be able to qualify for Illinois and DEA prescribing numbers (for Nurse Practitioner candidates)
Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program (for Physician Assistant candidates)
Certification in ACLS and by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois licensure/registration (for Physician Assistant candidates)

Nice To Haves

At least 1 year of inpatient experience
Previous oncology experience
Acute Care (for Nurse Practitioner candidates)

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive direct patient care management.
Manage a caseload of patients by exercising autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments.
Provide healthcare and patient services that may include educational, research, and clinical nursing specialist support.
Complete administrative activities under the direction and supervision of the Director/leadership.
Work autonomously and collaboratively with the APP team, Leukemia attending, Leukemia fellow, and pharmacist to manage Leukemia service inpatients.
Present patients with their assessments and plans during morning rounds.
Carry out daily patient care plans, including calling consults, placing orders, admitting expected and unexpected admits, and performing procedures.
Take patient history, conduct examinations, and diagnose illness.
Perform pre and post-operative patient evaluation and order and interpret laboratory tests.
Exercise autonomy in medical decision-making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.