Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant - Short Stay Unit

University of Chicago Medicine • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Join University of Chicago Medicine , as an Advanced Practice Provider in the Short Stay Unit . As the Advanced Practice Provider, you will be responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management in the general medicine patient population. The APP will manage a caseload of patients and exercise autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. Additionally, you will provide healthcare and patient services that may include educational, research, and clinical nursing specialist support, and completing administrative activities under the direction and supervision of the Director/leadership.

Requirements

• Master's of Science in Nursing or Doctorate in Nursing Practice
• Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois RN and APN licensure/registration
• Must be certified as an Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurse's Credentialing Center or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Must have or be able to qualify for Illinois and DEA prescribing numbers
• Must have a minimum of 2 years inpatient, general medicine or hospital medicine experience as a PA or NP.
• Must have AGACNP certification but FNP or ANP will be considered with relevant experience as a PA or NP.
• Current BLS/ACLS certification
• Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant Master’s program
• Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois PA licensure / registration

Responsibilities

• Taking patient history, conducting examinations, diagnosing illness
• Pre and post-operative patient evaluation and ordering and interpreting laboratory tests
• Ability to exercise autonomy in medical decision-making, provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services
• Assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care on an advanced level

Benefits

• UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.
• As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire.
• Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees