NP
UW Health

NI-Advanced Practice Provider, Palliative Care (NP)

UW Health Rockford, IL, US
$126,733 - $135,630 / year

 

Job Posting

UW Health Northern Illinois

Advanced Practice Provider: Palliative Care 

 

Position Highlights:
UW Health Northern Illinois seeks an Advance Practice Provider (APRN or PA-C) to join the Palliative Care team at UW Health Northern Illinois Hospital in Rockford, IL. Our philosophy is to provide compassionate, supportive, comprehensive care for our community.

Palliative Care Advanced Practice Provider needed to expand busy clinic-based/hospital-based program with a BC palliative care physician. Experience and certification in palliative care are preferred but will consider training select candidates. Award-winning UW Health Northern Illinois Hospital is a 330-bed Top Ten Hospital serving 12 counties in northern IL and southern WI.

 

Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree from an accredited PA program or completion of a master’s level advanced practice nurse program. 

  • Active APRN/PA license in the State of IL and Active DEA license or ability to apply for such a license prior to or upon hire.

Job Duties:

  • Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, including history-taking, physical examinations, and functional status evaluations.
  • Diagnose and manage symptoms such as pain, nausea, dyspnea, fatigue, anxiety, and depression in patients with serious illnesses.
  • Develop and implement individualized palliative care plans in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
  • Prescribe medications for symptom management, including opioids, antiemetics, anxiolytics, and antidepressants (depending on state regulations).
  • Provide guidance on advance care planning, including goals of care discussions, advance directives, and code status preferences.

Patient & Family Support

  • Educate patients and families about disease progression, prognosis, and symptom management strategies.
  • Facilitate discussions on end-of-life care options, including hospice referrals and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders.
  • Provide emotional and psychological support to patients and caregivers coping with terminal illnesses.
  • Help families navigate complex medical decisions and align treatment plans with patient values.

Collaboration & Coordination

  • Work within an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and therapists, to provide holistic care.
  • Communicate with primary care providers, oncologists, intensivists, and other specialists to coordinate palliative and supportive care.
  • Assist in transitions of care, such as from hospital to home hospice or long-term care facilities

Administrative Roles

  • Document patient encounters and care plans in electronic medical records (EMR).
  • Participate in quality improvement initiatives and develop protocols for palliative care best practices.
  • Educate healthcare staff, including nurses and medical residents, on palliative care principles.

Benefits

UW Health offers a highly competitive salary guarantee with wRVU production and other incentives. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

  • Competitive salary range (based on experience):
    • $ $126,733 - $135,630
  • Generous vacation and CME benefits
  • Potential opportunity for additional compensation 
  • Professional society dues, credentialing expenses & hospital dues covered
  • Interview and relocation expenses paid 
  • Flexible insurance package with health, dental, vision, disability and life
  • Retirement Plan match and contribution
  • Malpractice with tail coverage 
  • Generous provider referral bonus

About the Greater Rockford Area:

Recently named the number one housing market in America by The Wall Street Journal, Rockford and northern Illinois offer world-class attractions — all at a cost of living significantly below those of most metropolitan areas. The greater Rockford area offers superb cultural, recreational, and outdoor amenities along with an eclectic arts community of theater, symphony, museums and dance. With an award-winning park district, Rockford has unrivaled outdoor opportunities, including Golf Digest-ranked golf courses, endless bike trails and extensive indoor and outdoor sports centers. We have excellent private, parochial and public-school options, including the Gifted Academy with graduates ranked in the top 5% nationally. Our proximity to Chicago O’Hare International Airport opens up countless travel possibilities, and Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison are each just 90 minutes away or less.

 

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion:

UW Health is committed to being a diverse, inclusive and anti-racist workplace and is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Our integrity shines through in patient care interactions and our daily work practices as we work to embrace the knowledge, unique perspectives and qualities each employee and faculty member brings to work each day. Applications from Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals, LGBTQ+ and non-binary identities, women, persons with disabilities, military service members and veterans are strongly encouraged. EOE, including disability/veterans.

 

Contact Information:
For more information on how you can advance your career with UW Health Northern Illinois, or to submit your CV and cover letter for consideration, please contact Abbe Castrogiovanni acastrogiovanni@uwhealth.org or at 779-696-7193.

 

 

 

  

 

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