Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant - Cardiac Surgery OR - Full-Time, Rotating

Join UChicago Medicine, as a Physician Assistant within the Cardiac Surgery department. We offer advanced surgical solutions to treat atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valve disease and many other heart conditions. From reconstructing failing hearts to performing robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery, our surgeons are helping patients with heart disease return to active, full lives. At the core of our heart surgery program is a team of internationally known cardiac surgeons who are leaders in the field and are often among the first to perform groundbreaking procedures. The University of Chicago Cardiac Surgery department is a robust program for heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), bloodless surgeries and other high-risk cases. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

As an Advanced Practice Provider, you will be responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management and OR surgical assist. In this role, the APP will manage a caseload of patients and exercise autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The scope of practice includes operating room support, consultation, patient management, discharge planning, staff education, consultation and research. The APP will utilize advance practice skills obtained through the completion of a formal provider program. These skills include advanced levels of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care. The APP is also responsible for planning, organizing, and directing patient care efforts in collaboration with medical and surgical physicians and other team members.

Eligible for a Sign-On Bonus up to $10,000.00

Essential Job Functions

• Gathers pertinent information systematically and skillfully from all sources: history, diagnostic tests, comprehensive physical examination, and psycho-social assessments.
• Differentiates normal and abnormal variations for all body systems.
• First Assist to the cardiac surgeon with all procedures 
• Endoscopic vein harvesting 
• Assisting with percutaneous intra-aortic balloon placement
• Accurately and appropriately performs routine diagnostic and therapeutic techniques according to established protocols and standardized procedures for nurse practitioners.
• Assesses patient and family adaptation, coping skills and the need for crisis or other intervention.
• Accurately interprets diagnostic tests.
• Analyzes multiple sources of data in making clinical judgments and in determining the effectiveness of a plan of care.
• Develops problem lists with associated differential diagnosis.
• Performs bedside procedures as appropriate to the patient’s clinical needs
• Incorporates assessment findings into a plan to direct patient care.
• Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with the patient, family, physician, nursing staff and other member of the health care team, which incorporates health care maintenance, discharge, and follow-up care.
• Assists, on an as needed basis, in other areas such as inpatient care and consultation services.
• Plans and implements appropriate pharmacological therapies.
• Initiates referrals based on patient and family need.
• Seeks appropriate consultation dependent upon patient health care needs.
• Accurately presents and documents the database, impression and plan of care.
• Promotes, has knowledge of and utilizes appropriate patient care protocol relating to the physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Participates in research projects in the practice area.

Physician Assistant (PA) Required Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited (Physician Assistant) educational program
• Certification by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois licensure/registration
• Certification in ACLS
• Experience using automated IS including but not limited to: keyboards, computer terminals, telephones, battery-operated devices, heat-copying devices, and automated dispensing machines

 Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: 1.0
• Shift: Rotating
• Work Location: Onsite 
• Unit/Department: Cardiac Surgery
• CBA Code: Non-Union