APP Fellow (Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) - Hospital Medicine, Full-time, Rotating
Northwestern Medicine
- Chicago, IL
- $44,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Advanced Practice Providers, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
- $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
- $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
- $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
- Matching 401(k)
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
- Paid time off and Holiday pay
- Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
- Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.
- Complete all requirements for credentialing and privileging at NMH for inpatient core privileges
- Attend all didactic lectures and educational opportunities scheduled for APP fellows
- Provide direct care to patients as assigned by clinical preceptors
- Collaborate and consult with physicians and other health care professionals as appropriate
- Develop organizational skills to manage a patient caseload
- Develop effective communication and presentation skills with the interdisciplinary team
- Develop a deep and broad knowledge base of the common disease processes for which patients are hospitalized through fellowship training and home study as appropriate
- Identify individual professional development needs and work w/ APP preceptors/mentors to create opportunities for learning and practice
- Participate in APP Transition into Practice Program and monthly APP grand rounds.
- Clinical:
- Conducts comprehensive assessments of patients' health status by taking health histories and performing advanced physical examinations in specialty area.
- Provides direct clinical care to patients as needed.
- Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests to establish diagnoses and develop a comprehensive treatment plan.
- Orders/prescribes medications, therapies, interventions and procedures according to clinical privileges.
- Documents in the medical record all care provided and/or procedures performed for which the Advanced Practice Provider Fellow is responsible. Collaborates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to develop and direct an individualized and comprehensive treatment plan.
- Coordinates the discharge planning process with patients, families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Consults with other specialties and disciplines as appropriate to meet all health care needs of patients.
- Leadership:
- Participates in unit/departmental/divisional or hospital committees/task forces and professional organizations.
- Advocates for patients, families, nursing staff and other members of the healthcare community.
- Consults with NM leadership in the identification, evaluation and problem solving of clinical system and process issues.
- Education:
- Teaches and counsels patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, plan of care, anticipated outcomes, and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
- Develops and participates in programs to meet personal educational needs, and needs of the clinical team
- Provides formal and informal educational programs to healthcare professionals pertinent to APP fellow role.
- Research/Quality/Outcomes:
- Participate in/review evidence-based research/guidelines and apply to clinical practice.
- Participate in service-line specific quality initiatives and development of outcome metrics.
- APRN-CNP Only
- Must have graduated from an accredited Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program
- Meets all required qualifications of APRN-CNP job description
- Masters degree from an accredited school/college of nursing
- Registered Professional Nurse (IL) license
- Advance Practice Registered Nurse (IL) license
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (American Heart Association) certification
- PA Only
- Meets all required qualifications of PA job description
- Must have graduated from an accredited PA program - PA (IL) license
- All required to hold and maintain:
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (American Heart Association) certification
- Current or past NM employee