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

UChicago Medicine•Chicago, IL

11d•$130,900 - $167,200

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 approved clinical privileges. The role includes identifying, managing, or referring health problems; conducting comprehensive or episodic assessments; and developing patient care plans under clinical nursing practice and medical care protocols. The provider gathers patient histories, performs physical examinations, documents findings, screens patients for possible hospital admission, makes referrals, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries, and obtains relevant psychosocial histories. The role includes developing therapeutic relationships, ordering and scheduling laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures, and explaining procedures to patients. The provider evaluates care outcomes, adjusts the nursing approach as appropriate, participates in collaborative practice arrangements, and is accountable for patient-care decisions, treatments, delegated tasks, and patient comfort. The provider coordinates care with nurses, patients, families, physicians, and community resources; pursues professional development; and participates in unit quality assurance. The role may also include research, statistical reporting and analysis, serving as a clinical-skills resource, and teaching students and residents. Specific and invasive procedure privileges are detailed in each APN’s Delineation of Privileges. For Nurse Practitioners, the position involves comprehensive direct patient-care management, management of a patient caseload, and autonomous decisions in assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The scope may also include family support, teaching, staff education, consultation, and research. For Physician Assistants, the position involves providing health care and patient services under the direction and supervision of the Director/leadership. Duties may include patient histories and examinations, diagnosis, pre- and post-operative evaluation, ordering and interpreting laboratory tests, and assisting during complicated operations. The PA exercises autonomy in medical decision making and provides diagnostic and therapeutic services. The position is full-time (1.0 FTE), rotating shift, in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Sign-on bonus and relocation 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 a 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, if 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 certification by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
Physician Assistant: Current or eligible for State of Illinois licensure or 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 clinical competence in patient care, teaching, and management of patients with critical illness, and knowledge of clinical aspects of critical care including protocol therapy.
Physician Assistant: ICU experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct primary health care in collaboration with consulting physicians and the multidisciplinary health team, within approved privileges.
Identify, manage, and refer health problems as appropriate.
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, and document information in patient records.
Screen patients for potential hospital admission and refer them to other disciplines as indicated.
Write progress notes and prepare patient workups and summaries, noting pertinent positive and negative findings.
Obtain psychosocial histories relevant to patient care and develop therapeutic relationships with patients.
Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures, and explain procedures to patients, including their necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects.
Evaluate patient-care outcomes and initiate changes in the nursing approach as appropriate.
Participate in the development of collaborative practice arrangements.
Make patient-care decisions, prescribe appropriate medications within delegated prescriptive authority, prescribe treatments, delegate tasks, and maintain a comfortable patient environment.
Coordinate care and act as liaison among nurses, patients, families, physicians, and community resources.
Select communication approaches to achieve desired patient-care outcomes.
Pursue required knowledge and skills for professional development.
Identify and participate in unit quality-assurance issues.
Act as a resource for clinical skills to staff on or off the unit.
For Nurse Practitioners, manage a caseload and make autonomous decisions in assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments.
For Physician Assistants, conduct pre- and post-operative patient evaluations, order and interpret laboratory tests, and assist during complicated operations.
May participate in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by the supervising physician.
May prepare statistical reports and analyses describing progress, adverse trends, and recommendations or conclusions.
May participate in teaching students and residents techniques and procedures unique to the clinical setting.