Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant - Cardiac Surgery OR - Full-Time, Rotating

UChicago Medicine•Chicago, IL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Join UChicago Medicine as a Physician Assistant within the Cardiac Surgery department, which offers advanced surgical solutions for various heart conditions including atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and valve disease. The department is known for its internationally recognized cardiac surgeons who perform groundbreaking procedures, including heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support (ECMO, LVAD), and bloodless surgeries. This is a 100% onsite position requiring the candidate to be based in the greater Chicagoland area. As an Advanced Practice Provider, you will be responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management and OR surgical assist. The role involves managing a caseload of patients, exercising autonomous decision-making in assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The scope of practice includes operating room support, consultation, patient management, discharge planning, staff education, and research. You will utilize advanced practice skills acquired through a formal provider program, encompassing advanced levels of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care, and will collaborate with medical and surgical physicians and other team members.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited (Physician Assistant) educational program
Certification by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois licensure/registration
Certification in ACLS
Experience using automated IS including but not limited to: keyboards, computer terminals, telephones, battery-operated devices, heat-copying devices, and automated dispensing machines

Responsibilities

Gathers pertinent information systematically and skillfully from all sources: history, diagnostic tests, comprehensive physical examination, and psycho-social assessments.
Differentiates normal and abnormal variations for all body systems.
First Assist to the cardiac surgeon with all procedures
Endoscopic vein harvesting
Assisting with percutaneous intra-aortic balloon placement
Accurately and appropriately performs routine diagnostic and therapeutic techniques according to established protocols and standardized procedures for nurse practitioners.
Assesses patient and family adaptation, coping skills and the need for crisis or other intervention.
Accurately interprets diagnostic tests.
Analyzes multiple sources of data in making clinical judgments and in determining the effectiveness of a plan of care.
Develops problem lists with associated differential diagnosis.
Performs bedside procedures as appropriate to the patient’s clinical needs
Incorporates assessment findings into a plan to direct patient care.
Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with the patient, family, physician, nursing staff and other member of the health care team, which incorporates health care maintenance, discharge, and follow-up care.
Assists, on an as needed basis, in other areas such as inpatient care and consultation services.
Plans and implements appropriate pharmacological therapies.
Initiates referrals based on patient and family need.
Seeks appropriate consultation dependent upon patient health care needs.
Accurately presents and documents the database, impression and plan of care.
Promotes, has knowledge of and utilizes appropriate patient care protocol relating to the physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Participates in research projects in the practice area.