Advanced Practice Provider - Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery, Full-Time, Days
About The Position
UChicago Medicine is hiring a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for its Neurosurgery team at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey. This hybrid inpatient, outpatient, and operating room role provides care to adult patients with general and consultative neurosurgical needs, including critical neurological conditions. The Advanced Practice Provider manages a patient caseload and exercises autonomous decision-making in assessing, diagnosing, and initiating delegated medical treatments. The role delivers patient-centered care through clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and care coordination. Duties include ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests within scope of practice, prescribing medications, coordinating consultations and referrals, providing surgical first-assist support, implementing therapeutic interventions, and educating patients and families. The APP collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to plan, organize, and direct patient care. The APP also contributes to family support services, discharge planning, staff education, clinical consultation, quality improvement, and research activities to advance patient outcomes and program excellence. The position is full-time, with day shifts consisting of 8-hour shifts, five shifts per week. A sign-on bonus of up to $10,000 and relocation are available.
Requirements
- For Physician Assistant candidates: completion of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program.
- For Physician Assistant candidates: certification by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- For Physician Assistant candidates: current or eligible State of Illinois licensure/registration.
- For Physician Assistant candidates: ACLS certification.
Nice To Haves
- APP experience or experience as an RN in a neurosurgery role or related area.
- Experience in an academic medical center or tertiary/quaternary care setting.
- Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience or training in a surgical setting.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with attending surgeons, residents, fellows, nursing, and ancillary teams.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records; Epic preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of general and consultative neurosurgery patients.
- Assess, diagnose, and initiate delegated medical treatments using autonomous decision-making.
- Provide comprehensive patient-centered care, including treatment and care coordination.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests within scope of practice.
- Prescribe medications.
- Coordinate consultations and referrals.
- Provide surgical first-assist support.
- Implement therapeutic interventions.
- Educate patients and families.
- Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to plan, organize, and direct patient care.
- Contribute to family support services and discharge planning.
- Provide staff education and clinical consultation.
- Participate in quality improvement efforts and research activities.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus up to $10,000.
- Relocation available.
- Benefits options are available for eligible roles.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
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