Advanced Practice Provider - Surgical ICU- Full - Time, Rotating

University of Chicago•Chicago, IL

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About The Position

The University of Chicago Medicine is hiring an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) for the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The provider delivers direct primary health care in collaboration with consulting physicians and the multidisciplinary health team, within privileges approved by the credentials committee. The role includes identifying, managing, and referring health problems; conducting comprehensive or episodic assessments; and developing patient care plans under clinical nursing practice and medical care protocols. Duties include taking patient histories, performing physical examinations, documenting findings, screening patients for hospital admission, making referrals, writing progress notes, preparing patient workups and summaries, and obtaining relevant psychosocial histories. The provider develops therapeutic relationships with patients; orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explains procedures and their anticipated effects; evaluates care outcomes and adjusts the nursing approach; and contributes to collaborative practice arrangements. The provider is accountable for patient care decisions, including prescribing authorized medications and treatments, delegating tasks, and maintaining a comfortable patient environment. The role also coordinates care among patients, families, nurses, physicians, and community resources; pursues professional development; participates in unit quality assurance; and may support research, prepare statistical reports, act as a clinical skills resource, and teach students and residents. Specific and invasive procedure privileges are detailed in each APN’s Delineation of Privileges. For Nurse Practitioners, the role involves comprehensive direct patient care management, caseload management, and autonomous decision-making in assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The scope also includes family support, teaching, staff education, consultation, and research. For Physician Assistants, the role is performed under the direction and supervision of the Director/leadership and may include educational, research, clinical nursing specialist support, and administrative activities. The PA takes histories, conducts examinations, diagnoses illnesses, evaluates patients before and after surgery, orders and interprets laboratory tests, and assists during complicated operations, while providing diagnostic and therapeutic services. The position is full-time (1.0 FTE), has a rotating shift, and is based in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. A sign-on bonus and relocation assistance are available.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide direct primary health care in collaboration with consulting physicians and the multidisciplinary health team.
Identify, manage, and refer health problems within approved privileges.
Conduct comprehensive or episodic health assessments and develop patient care plans within clinical nursing practice and medical care protocols.
Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, document findings, and obtain relevant psychosocial histories.
Screen patients for hospital admission, make referrals, write progress notes, and prepare patient workups and summaries.
Develop therapeutic relationships with patients.
Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures, and explain their necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects to patients.
Evaluate care outcomes and initiate changes in the nursing approach as appropriate.
Participate in developing collaborative practice arrangements.
Make patient care decisions, prescribe authorized medications and treatments, delegate tasks, and maintain a comfortable environment for patients.
Coordinate patient care among nurses, patients, families, physicians, and community resources.
Pursue required knowledge and skills for professional development.
Identify and participate in unit quality assurance issues.
May participate in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by a supervising physician.
May prepare statistical reports and analyses concerning progress, adverse trends, and recommendations or conclusions.
Act as a clinical skills resource for staff on or off the unit.
May teach students and residents techniques and procedures unique to the clinical setting.
For the PA role, diagnose illnesses, conduct pre- and post-operative evaluations, order and interpret laboratory tests, and assist during complicated operations.