Advanced Practice Provider (APP, PA, NP), Transplant - Full Time, Rotating

About the role

Join University of Chicago Medicine as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) for our Inpatient Lung/Abdominal Transplant Team. Sign on Bonus and Relocation Package Available.

Responsibilities

• Taking patient history, conducting examinations, diagnosing illness
• Ordering and interpreting labs and imaging
• Exercising autonomy in medical decision-making, providing a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services when necessary
• Effectively collaborating and communicating among interdisciplinary teams
• Being highly proficient and organized with patient examinations and assessments, diagnostic interpretations, clinical interventions, and health care planning
• Maintaining effective problem-solving skills
• Providing direct support to patients throughout the inpatient stay for all abdominal transplant patients
• Utilizing advanced practice skills obtained through the completion of a formal provider program, including advanced levels of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care
• Performing some invasive procedures
• Planning, organizing, and directing patient care efforts in collaboration with medical and surgical physicians and other team members

Requirements

• Nurse Practitioner: Masters of Science in Nursing, Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois RN and APN licensure/registration, Must be certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the ANCC or AANP, Must have or be able to qualify for Illinois and DEA prescribing numbers, At least 1 year of inpatient nursing experience preferred but not required, Critical Care experience preferred
• Physician Assistant: Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program, Certification in ACLS and by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), and current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois licensure/registration, At least 1 year of inpatient experience preferred, Critical Care experience/rotations preferred

Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioner: Masters of Science in Nursing, Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois RN and APN licensure/registration, Must be certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the ANCC or AANP, Must have or be able to qualify for Illinois and DEA prescribing numbers
• Physician Assistant: Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program, Certification in ACLS and by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Skills

• Advanced levels of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care
• Effective collaboration and communication among interdisciplinary teams
• Highly proficient and organized with patient examinations and assessments, diagnostic interpretations, clinical interventions, and health care planning
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to exercise autonomy in medical decision-making
• Proficiency in ordering and interpreting labs and imaging
• Experience in critical care and/or inpatient settings
• Ability to perform some invasive procedures

Benefits

Sign on Bonus and Relocation Package Available.

Pay

Details TBA

Schedule

Rotating, 12 hour shifts, Every 4th Weekend

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: 1.0, Full-time
• Shift: Rotating, 12 hour shifts, Every 4th Weekend
• Work Location: Hyde Park
• Unit/Department: Transplant
• CBA Code: Non-Union