Advanced Practice Provider (APP, NP, PA), NWI, Registry
About The Position
Join UChicago Medicine as an Advanced Practice Provider for our Hospitalist UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Hospital. In this role, you are responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management. 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. You will maintain continuity of patient care through patient follow-up, monitoring of patient progress, and modifying the 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.
Requirements
- Ability to obtain Illinois advanced practice nurse (APN) license by start date required.
- Current license as a Registered Nurse required.
- 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 Indiana licensure / registration required.
Nice To Haves
- AANC certification as an Acute Care, Adult-Gerontology or Family Nurse Practitioner
- Advanced degree (or equivalent, if license received prior to July 1, 2001) from an accredited school/college of nursing required.
Responsibilities
- Under physician supervision, directs and coordinates care of hospitalist surgical co-management patients.
- Completes detailed histories and physicals.
- Collects and interprets reports from diagnostic lab tests, radiographic procedures, and clinical studies.
- Orders tests and prescribes 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 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.
- Opportunities for robust professional development through participation in hospital medicine committee work.
- Manages a caseload of patients and exercises autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments.
- Provides family support, teaching, staff education, consultation, and research.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
