.88 FTE Physician Assistant or Family Nurse Practitioner- Emergency Medicine - St. Lukes, W. Allis, S. Shore

Advocate Health•West Allis, WI

3d•$59 - $89

About The Position

Advocate Health is hiring a Physician Assistant or Family Nurse Practitioner for Emergency Medicine at St. Luke’s locations in West Allis and South Shore. The role is full time at 0.88 FTE, with 40 hours per week in eight-hour shifts. The schedule rotates among day, evening, and night shifts and includes weekends and holidays. Experienced advanced practice providers are preferred. The clinician assesses, diagnoses, and manages patients across ages and levels of acuity, including selecting and interpreting diagnostic studies and prescribing appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments. The clinician provides counseling and education, coordinates care with an interdisciplinary team, consults or refers when appropriate, and escalates patients who need more emergent or specialized care. The role also includes documentation and compliant coding and billing, procedures within the clinician’s specialty, competency, and privileges, participation in quality and safety activities, and support for educating and onboarding team members and learners. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Physician Assistant studies and an active PA license and national certification. No experience is required. The listed pay range is $59.00–$88.50. Advocate Health describes a comprehensive Total Rewards package that may include paid time off, health and welfare benefits, family benefits, retirement plans with employer match, educational assistance, and career-development programs; eligibility may depend on FTE or employment status.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Physician Assistant studies.
Active PA license in the state or states of practice.
Active PA national board certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Active DEA registration before hire.
For Illinois practice, active Illinois Controlled Substance License before hire.
Active BLS and/or ACLS, PALS, or NRP certifications as required by clinical practice, before hire or within six months of hire.
Demonstrated high 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, lift up to 20 pounds overhead, carry up to 40 pounds a reasonable distance, and operate necessary equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience as an advanced practice provider is preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, and determine or modify treatment and management plans appropriate to the patient’s age, acuity, and clinical condition.
Order, perform, and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies.
Manage conditions using 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; consult or refer to physicians and other healthcare team members as appropriate, and escalate cases requiring more emergent or specialized care.
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 consistent with specialty practice, competency, and granted privileges, where applicable.
Participate in quality, safety, peer review, performance activities, meetings, committees, and workgroups as needed.
Participate in education and onboarding for new team members, students, and other healthcare professionals.
Maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and advance the profession within and outside the organization.
Meet productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to support safe and timely patient care.
Provide care appropriate to the ages served and apply knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan.

Benefits

Paid time off programs.
Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare 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.
Career development programs.
Premium pay, such as shift and on-call pay, based on role.
Incentive pay for select positions.
Opportunity for annual performance-based increases.