Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Gastroenterology, Full-time, Days

About the role

Northwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for either a motivated Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to work with our Gastroenterology team. This APP will provide care in both the outpatient clinic and inpatient hospital settings, supporting a hybrid scope of practice. The team includes 13 physicians and 6 Advanced Practice Providers (APPs). The physicians this position supports see patients at Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) and Delnor Hospital, with a satellite clinic in Naperville. Locations served include Winfield, Geneva, and Naperville. Average patient volume is 13–15 patients per day.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates clinical expertise and expanded knowledge through patient care activities which may include diagnosis and management of a wide range of health problems.
• Responsible for health outcome of an assigned patient population.
• Confers with collaborating physician and other health professionals in area of clinical expertise.
• Develops appropriate educational systems for patients, families and staff in areas of expertise.
• Mentors graduate students in aspects of advanced practice and patient care.
• Actively participates in quality improvement and/or research pertinent to area of expertise.
• Conducts comprehensive appraisals of patients' health status by taking health histories and performing physical examinations in clinical area.
• Provides direct clinical care to patients.
• Prescribes/orders medications, therapies; orders/interprets laboratory tests, x-rays and procedures according to clinical privileges.
• Evaluates patients to determine their need for further health care.
• Provides comprehensive teaching to patients and families.
• Documents in the medical record all care and education provided and/or procedures performed for which the Licensed Advanced Practice Provider is responsible.
• Refers to other disciplines as appropriate.
• Consultant to other disciplines in areas of