Advanced Practice Provider - Surgical ICU- Registry (PRN)

UChicago Medicine•Chicago, IL

27d•Onsite

About The Position

Join the University of Chicago Medicine as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) on the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. In this role, you will provide direct primary health care to patients, in collaboration with consulting physicians and the multidisciplinary health team. You will identify, manage, and/or refer health problems, conduct comprehensive or episodic health assessments, and develop patient care plans. Responsibilities include taking patient histories, conducting physical examinations, recording data, screening patients for hospital admission, making referrals, writing progress notes, preparing patient workups and summaries, obtaining psychosocial history, and developing therapeutic relationships with patients. You will also order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures, explain procedures to patients, evaluate care outcomes, and initiate changes in the nursing approach. The role involves participating in the development of collaborative practice arrangements, assuming accountability for patient care decisions, prescribing medications and treatments, delegating tasks, and maintaining a comfortable patient environment. You will act as a liaison among the nurse, patient, family, physician, and community resources for care coordination, select appropriate communication approaches, and actively pursue knowledge and skills for professional development. Additionally, you will identify and participate in quality assurance issues, potentially participate in research projects, prepare statistical reports, act as a resource for clinical skills, and may teach students and residents. Specific and invasive procedure privileges are detailed in each APN's Delineation of Privileges.

Requirements

Demonstrated clinical competency, effective leadership and teaching skills required
Ability to conduct physical examinations and health assessments required
Ability to interview and obtain medical information required
Willingness to enter into written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician upon hire required
Once licensed and as needed, willingness to apply for a mid-level practitioner-controlled substance license and DEA number required
Willingness to be privileged and credentialed through UCMC Medical Staff Office prior to start date required
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently required
Strong organizational skills required
Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical skill required
Advanced degree (or equivalent, if license received prior to July 1, 2001) from an accredited school/college of nursing required (for Nurse Practitioner).
Ability to obtain Illinois advanced practice nurse (APN) license by start date required (for Nurse Practitioner).
Current license as a Registered Nurse required (for Nurse Practitioner).
AANC certification as an ACNP and/or ANP-BC required (for Nurse Practitioner).
Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program required (for Physician Assistant).
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 (for Physician Assistant).
ICU Certification Required (for Physician Assistant).

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in the use of computers preferred
Minimum two years of critical care clinical nursing experience with demonstrated clinical competence in patient care, teaching and management of patients with critical illness, and knowledge about clinical aspects of critical care including protocol therapy preferred (for Nurse Practitioner).
ICU experience highly preferred (for Physician Assistant).

Responsibilities

Provide direct primary health care to patients in collaboration with consulting physicians and the multidisciplinary health team.
Identify, manage, and/or refer health problems.
Conduct comprehensive or episodic health assessments and develop patient care plans.
Take patient histories and conduct physical examinations.
Record patient data in the patient's record.
Screen patients to determine the need for hospital admission and make referrals.
Write progress notes and prepare patient workups and summaries.
Obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care.
Develop therapeutic relationships with patients.
Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures.
Explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
Evaluate outcomes of care delivered to patients and initiate changes in the nursing approach accordingly.
Participate in the development of collaborative practice arrangements.
Assume accountability for patient care in making decisions, prescribing appropriate medications and treatments, delegating tasks, and maintaining a comfortable environment for the patient.
Collaborate with and act as a liaison among the nurse, patient, family, physician, and community resources for coordination of patient care.
Select appropriate communications approach to achieve desired outcomes of patient care.
Actively pursue required knowledge and skills for professional development.
Identify and participate in quality assurance issues on the unit.
May participate in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by supervising physician.
May prepare statistical reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
Act as a resource for clinical skills to staff on or off the unit.
May participate in teaching students and residents in techniques and procedures which are unique to specific clinical setting.
Practice specific and invasive procedure privileges are detailed in each APN's Delineation of Privileges.