0.5 FNP or PA Masonic Emergency Department - IMMC

Advocate Health • Chicago, IL

2d • $59 - $89

About The Position

The Physician Assistant provides emergency medicine care in the Illinois Masonic Emergency Department. The role assesses, diagnoses, and manages patients across ages, acuity levels, and clinical conditions; orders, performs, and interprets diagnostic studies; and prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments. Care is evidence-based, attentive to risks, benefits, alternatives, and cost effectiveness, and delivered within the clinician’s scope of practice as part of an interdisciplinary team. The Physician Assistant provides patient and family education, coordinates care, documents and bills for professional services appropriately, and performs authorized procedures consistent with specialty practice, competency, and privileges.

The position also contributes to quality and safety activities, peer review, meetings and workgroups, and the education or onboarding of team members and learners. The clinician maintains professional skills and meets productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality expectations. Care must reflect the age-specific needs of the patients served.

This is a part-time position scheduled for 20 hours per week, with AM and PM hours and weekend and holiday coverage. The listed pay range is $59.00–$88.50.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Physician Assistant studies.
• Active Physician Assistant license(s) in the state(s) 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 certification 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; lift up to 50 pounds from floor to waist and 20 pounds overhead; carry up to 40 pounds a reasonable distance; and operate necessary job equipment.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and determine or modify 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 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 within scope of practice as part of an interdisciplinary team; seek consultation or referrals and escalate care when needed.
• 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 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 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.
• Meet productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to support safe and timely patient care.
• Provide care appropriate to patients’ ages and developmental needs, consistent with departmental policies and procedures.

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.
• Potential premium pay, incentive pay for select positions, and annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time