Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant - Palliative Care - IMMC

Advocate Health • Chicago, IL

22h • $55 - $82 • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides palliative care in an onsite clinical setting. The role assesses, diagnoses, and determines or adjusts treatment and management plans according to patients’ age, acuity, and clinical condition. Responsibilities include ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic studies and prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies. The clinician manages conditions using clinical indications, evidence-based care, cost-effectiveness, and an assessment of risks, benefits, and alternatives.

The position provides health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management counseling and education to patients and families. The clinician works within an interdisciplinary team and scope of practice, consults or refers to physicians and other healthcare professionals as appropriate, and escalates care when more emergent or specialized services are needed. The role also includes accurate and timely electronic medical record documentation, compliant coding and billing, coordination and communication across the care team and community agencies, and specialty procedures consistent with competency and granted privileges.

The clinician participates in quality, safety, peer-review, education, onboarding, and professional development activities, and maintains productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality standards. Care must be appropriate to the age and developmental needs of the patients served.

This is a full-time position: 40 hours per week, consisting of five 8-hour onsite shifts. Call coverage is listed as 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, and rotating weekend coverage is required.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• Active RN and APRN/APRN-FPA/APNP or other applicable APRN license(s) in the state(s) of practice.
• Active national board certification in the area of clinical practice and populations served.
• Active DEA registration prior to hire.
• For Illinois practice, active Illinois Controlled Substance License prior to hire.
• Active BLS and/or ACLS, PALS, or NRP certification as required by clinical practice, prior to or within six months of hire.
• No experience required.
• Demonstrated high level of clinical proficiency and excellent decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively as a member of a healthcare team.
• Ability to adapt to evolving technology and proficiency with the electronic medical record.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate and build relationships.
• Organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, and twist continuously throughout the workday.
• Functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds from floor to waist and up to 20 pounds over the head; carry up to 40 pounds a reasonable distance; and operate equipment necessary to perform the job.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and determine or adjust treatment and management plans appropriate to patients’ age, acuity, and clinical condition.
• Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic studies and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies.
• Manage conditions based on clinical indications, evidence-based care, cost-effectiveness, and assessment of risks, benefits, and alternatives.
• Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management counseling and education to patients and families.
• Manage patients as part of an interdisciplinary team and within scope of practice; seek consultation or referrals and escalate care as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate, complete, concise, and timely electronic medical record documentation and submit professional services consistent with compliant coding and billing practices.
• Facilitate coordinated care and clear communication among healthcare team members and health or community agencies.
• Perform office or hospital procedures in accordance with specialty practice, competency, and granted privileges, where applicable.
• Participate in quality, safety, peer-review, performance, meeting, committee, and workgroup activities as necessary.
• Participate in education and onboarding of new team members, students, and other healthcare professionals.
• Maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and advance the profession within and outside the organization.
• Maintain productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to support safe and timely patient care.
• Provide care responsive to patients’ age-specific needs and developmental status.
• Provide call coverage and rotating weekend coverage.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program
• Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay, based on position
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual performance-based increases

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level