Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant - Surgical Co-Management

University of Chicago Medicine•Harvey, IL

About The Position

Join UChicago Medicine , as an Advanced Practice Provider for our Hospitalist Surgical Co-Management Service at Ingalls Memorial Hospital. As an Advanced Practice Provider, you are responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management. In this role, you will utilize advanced assessment skills and knowledge of clinical therapeutics to evaluate, diagnose and manage patients on the Hospitalist Surgical Co-management Service. The APP orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic tests, therapeutic interventions and prescribes pharmacological agents as necessary. As an APP, you will maintain continuity of patient care through patient follow-up, monitoring of patient progress and modifying plan of care as necessary and per scheduling requirements. The APP applies knowledge of new technology and resources as per competencies obtained through the mentorship/proctoring of the surgical co-management attendings demonstrating advanced or specialized expertise. This role will be a part of a team of Advanced Practice Providers working in the Hospitalist Surgical Co-management space. This role will train with our team at the Hyde Park campus with involvement in onboarding with the following specialties Thoracic, Orthopedics, General Surgery, Urology, and Vascular. Once competent, will be located primarily at Ingalls Memorial hospital in Harvey, IL.

Requirements

Advanced degree (or equivalent, if license received prior to July 1, 2001) from an accredited school/college of nursing required.
Ability to obtain Illinois advanced practice nurse (APN) license by start date required.
Current license as a Registered Nurse required.
AANC certification as an Acute Care, Adult-Gerontology or Family Nurse Practitioner
Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program required.
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 required

Responsibilities

Under physician supervision, directs and coordinates care of hospitalist surgical co-management patients.
The clinician will complete detailed histories and physicals collect and interpret reports from diagnostic lab tests, radiographic procedures, and clinical studies; as well as order tests, prescribe medications.
Differentiates normal and abnormal variations for all body systems.
Accurately interprets diagnostic tests.
Gathers pertinent information systematically and skillfully from all sources: history, diagnostic tests, comprehensive physical examination, and psycho-social assessments
Identifies educational needs of the patient and family and assists with teaching.
Incorporates assessment findings into a plan to direct patient care.
Accurately and appropriately performs routine diagnostic and therapeutic techniques according to established protocols and standardized procedures for advanced practice providers
Initiates referrals based on patient and family need.
Maintains formal and informal systems for information sharing, planning and problem solving with clinic staff, physician partners and other Advanced Practice Providers
Analyzes multiple sources of data in making clinical judgments and in determining the effectiveness of a plan of care.
Participates in research projects in the practice area.
Performs other related duties and initiatives as deemed necessary in the best interests of patient care.
Performs bedside evaluation and triage need for surgeon to come to bedside
Participates in the clinical onboarding of new team members as the team sees fit
chest tube management, pain management
dressing changes, pain management
bladder scan, bladder irrigation
Pulse checks, Neuro checks for carotids, Wound assessment for bleeding