Advanced Practice Provider - Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Surgery
About The Position
Join us At the Forefront, at UChicago Medicine, as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) in the Pediatric Surgery Department. As an Advanced Practice Provider, you will cover General Pediatric Surgery services. Nurse Practitioner Job Summary: The Nurse Practitioner is an Advance Practice Nurse responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management. The NP manages a caseload of patients and exercises autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The scope of practice also includes family support, teaching, staff education, consultation, and research. The NP utilizes advanced practice skills obtained through the completion of a formal nurse practitioner program at an accredited college of nursing. These skills include advanced levels of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care, as well as performing some invasive procedures. Physician Assistant Job Summary: The Physician Assistant is qualified by academic and clinical education to provide healthcare and patient services that may include educational, research, clinical nursing specialist support and administrative activities under the direction and supervision of the Director/leadership of the Center for the Section Chief of General Surgery. The PA has acquired the knowledge, skills and judgment necessary to assist the physician / surgeon through organized instruction and supervised practice. This licensed health professional will take patient history, conduct examinations, diagnose illnesses, order and interpret laboratory tests and assist during complicated operations. The PA in conjunction with the team will independently coordinate the CME Conferences and schedule surgical procedures in the GOR area.
Requirements
- Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP), Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), or AGANCP with PNP certification required
- Graduate of a formal nurse practitioner program
- Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program required
- Certification in ACLS and by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- current and/or eligibility for: State of Illinois licensure/registration required
- Must comply with UChicago Medicine’s COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment
- compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement
- pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire
Nice To Haves
- Surgery experience preferred (RN or APN)
- Surgery experience preferred (PA)
Responsibilities
- comprehensive direct patient care management
- assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments
- family support
- teaching
- staff education
- consultation
- research
- advanced levels of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care
- performing some invasive procedures
- provide healthcare and patient services that may include educational, research, clinical nursing specialist support and administrative activities
- take patient history
- conduct examinations
- diagnose illnesses
- order and interpret laboratory tests
- assist during complicated operations
- independently coordinate the CME Conferences
- schedule surgical procedures in the GOR area
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
