APP IRP Transplant

Lurie Children's Hospital•Chicago, IL

3d•$122,720 - $202,488•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works within a multidisciplinary clinical team to provide individualized care through history and physical assessment, diagnostic testing, medication management, diagnosis, and patient and family education. The role promotes evidence-based practice through research and academic activities and supports the professional development of APP colleagues and staff. Responsibilities and practice are specific to the division and subject to credentialing and privileging through the Medical Staff Office. In the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Program, the APP follows patients across inpatient and outpatient settings. The APP independently manages patients in the home parenteral nutrition program, consults on the GI service and hospital floors including ICUs, and manages total parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, central venous catheters, enteral feeding tubes, medications, pre- and post-operative transplant care, and coordination with subspecialists. The APP sees patients independently in clinic and collaboratively in multidisciplinary team clinics. The position is based at the main hospital and is part-time salaried, approximately 20 hours per week. Newly hired APPs are invited to participate in the hospital’s paid transition-to-practice fellowship. During the first year, the fellowship includes quarterly didactic sessions, facilitator-led peer transition sessions, structured mentorship, and precepted practice-based learning with standardized competencies.

Requirements

Master’s degree or higher from an accredited school appropriate for certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant; CNS certification is not acceptable for hires after January 1, 2010.
Illinois licensure as an APRN or PA.
Clinical privileges through Medical Staff Office credentialing, achieved within 90 days of hire; practice under the direction of an APP or physician provider until fully credentialed and privileged.
Basic Life Support certification.
Excellent interpersonal skills, basic computer skills, and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Two years of relevant clinical experience is preferred.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification and/or other specialty certification may be required in some areas within six months of employment.
Any other certification required for the specialty area.

Responsibilities

Provide expert clinical care, education, consultation, advocacy, research, leadership, and mentorship.
Manage primary, acute, and chronic health problems through comprehensive history taking, physical examination, assessment, and diagnosis; care may include palliative and end-of-life care.
Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures.
Order and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and perform therapeutic or corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
Follow intestinal rehabilitation and transplant patients across inpatient and outpatient settings.
Independently manage patients in the home parenteral nutrition program.
Consult on the GI service and hospital floors, including ICUs, to support management of intestinal rehabilitation patients.
Manage parenteral and enteral nutrition, central venous catheters, enteral feeding tubes, medications, and pre- and post-operative transplant care.
Coordinate care among varied subspecialists.
See patients independently in clinic and collaboratively in multidisciplinary team clinics.
Collaborate and coordinate care with the medical team to deliver evidence-based care and establish clinical best practices.
Promote the advancement of the APP profession at Lurie Children’s and in the community, potentially through publication, professional organizations, and educational support for nursing staff.
Participate in research design, implementation, and interpretation.
Meet Medical Staff Allied Health Practitioners core performance measures for patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal communication, professionalism, and system-based practice.
Perform job functions in accordance with service principles focused on innovation, service excellence, teamwork, and high-quality care and service.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Employer-paid group term life and disability insurance.
Employer contribution toward a Health Savings Account.
Flexible Spending Accounts.
Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
403(b) plan with a 5% employer match.
Supplemental life, AD&D, and disability coverage.
Critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity coverage.
Tuition assistance.
Student loan servicing and support.
Adoption benefits.
Backup childcare and eldercare.
Employee Assistance Program and specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members.
Discounts on services at Lurie Children’s facilities.
Discount purchasing program.
A rewards package may also include health and retirement benefits and wellbeing programs.