Advanced Practice Provider - Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery, Full-Time, Days

Join UChicago Medicine as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) within the Neurosurgery team. As a hybrid, inpatient/outpatient/OR Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Provider (APP) at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, you will manage our general neurosurgery and consultative neurosurgery patients and leverage knowledge of critical neurological conditions to care for the adult patient population.

Sign on bonus up to $10,000.00 and relocation available

Our Neurosurgery clinical teams have expertise in the treatment of many neurological disorders, including:

Brain and spinal cord injuries
Brain infections (encephalitis and meningitis)
Brain swelling
Brain tumors
Nerve and muscle problems that affect breathing, such as myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndrome
Status epilepticus
Stroke
Any catastrophic disorder affecting neurologic function

Job Summary:

As an Advanced Practice Provider, you will be responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management. In this role, the APP will manage a caseload of patients and exercise autonomous decision-making in assessing, diagnosing, and initiating delegated medical treatments. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) delivers comprehensive patient-centered care through clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and care coordination. Responsibilities include ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests within scope of practice, prescribing medications, coordinating consultations and referrals, providing surgical first-assist support, implementing therapeutic interventions, and providing patient and family education. The APP works collaboratively with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to plan, organize, and direct patient care.

The APP also contributes to family support services, discharge planning, staff education, clinical consultation, quality improvement efforts, and research activities to advance patient outcomes and program excellence.

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

Preferred Qualifications

APP Experience or experience as an RN in a neurosurgery role or related
Experience in an academic medical center or tertiary/quaternary care setting
Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment
Experience or training in a surgical setting
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with attending surgeons, residents, fellows, nursing, and ancillary teams
Proficiency with electronic medical records (Epic preferred)

Position Details

Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0)
Shift: Shift: Days / 8 hour shifts / 5 shifts per week
Work Location: Ingalls
Unit/Department: Neurosurgery
CBA Code: Non-Union

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