Advanced Practice Provider, NP or PA-C, Cardiology Heart Failure, Park Ridge

Advocate Health•Park Ridge, IL

2d•$55 - $82•Onsite

About The Position

Advocate Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C) to join the Heart Failure team at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. The role combines inpatient and outpatient heart failure care, with approximately 50% of time in each setting, and works closely with a multidisciplinary cardiovascular team. In the outpatient Heart Failure Clinic, the APP manages patients recently discharged after heart failure hospitalization, conducts evaluations, manages medications, provides patient education, and monitors progress. In the inpatient service, the APP partners with Heart Failure physicians to assess and round on new consults, then assumes primary APP management of hospitalized heart failure patients. Responsibilities include coordinating daily care, treatment planning, medication titration, diagnostic interpretation, discharge planning, and care transitions, while communicating with patients, families, consulting teams, and outpatient providers. The schedule is four 10-hour shifts per week, including one Saturday hospital rounding shift every eight weeks. There are no overnight responsibilities. This position offers opportunities for professional development, continuing education, and career growth within Advocate Health.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing.
Active RN and APRN/APRN-FPA/APNP or other applicable APRN license(s) in the state(s) of practice.
Active national board certification in the area of clinical practice and populations served.
Active DEA registration before hire.
For Illinois practice, active Illinois Controlled Substance License before hire.
Active BLS and/or ACLS, PALS, or NRP certification as required by clinical practice, before or within six months of hire.
Demonstrated high clinical proficiency and excellent decision-making skills.
Ability to work independently and effectively as a member of a healthcare team.
Ability to adapt to evolving technology and proficiency with electronic medical records.
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate and build relationships.
Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively.
Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care across the lifespan.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, and twist continuously throughout the workday; functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing; lift up to 50 pounds from floor to waist and 20 pounds overhead; carry up to 40 pounds a reasonable distance; and operate necessary equipment.

Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, and determine or adjust treatment and management plans appropriate to patients’ age, acuity, and clinical condition.
Order, perform, and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies.
Manage conditions using clinical indications, evidence-based care, cost effectiveness, and assessment of risks, benefits, and alternatives.
Provide health promotion, disease prevention, disease management counseling, and education to patients and families.
Manage patients as part of an interdisciplinary team and within scope of practice; seek consultation or referrals and escalate care when appropriate.
Maintain accurate, complete, concise, and timely electronic medical record documentation and submit professional services consistent with compliant coding and billing practices.
Facilitate coordinated care and clear communication among healthcare team members and health or community agencies.
Perform office or hospital procedures consistent with specialty practice, competency, and granted privileges, where applicable.
Participate in quality, safety, peer review, performance activities, meetings, committees, and workgroups as needed.
Participate in education or onboarding of new team members, students, and other healthcare professionals.
Maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and advance the profession within and outside the organization.
Maintain productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to support safe, timely patient care.
Manage outpatient heart failure clinic patients after hospitalization, including evaluations, medication management, education, and monitoring.
Partner with Heart Failure physicians to evaluate and round on new inpatient consults, then manage hospitalized heart failure patients as the primary APP.
Coordinate inpatient treatment planning, medication titration, diagnostic interpretation, discharge planning, and transitions of care.
Serve as a liaison among patients, families, consulting teams, and outpatient providers to support continuity of care.
Provide care appropriate to the ages and developmental needs of patients served.