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$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. 
$118,942 - $152,717 / year
Overview Provides high quality comprehensive nursing care to meet the needs of the patient/client and manages/coordinates the delivery of cost effective multidisciplinary health care services for a caseload of patients/clients consistent with VNS Health philosophy, policy, goals and objectives, and Standards of Nursing Practice. Works under moderate supervision. • Assesses the physical, social and psychological needs and environmental conditions of the patient/client through professional knowledge, skills of observation, interviewing, and physical examination to develop a plan of care. • Understands, interprets, and implements reimbursement protocols; determines the billing source for patient/client care. Consults with management on complex/unique reimbursement cases. • Acts as the coordinator of care for the multidisciplinary team by providing and managing the care needs of patients/clients which includes making/confirming referrals to other disciplines/community agencies and ordering supplies/services and ensuring they are delivered as needed. • Documents content and process of all services provided in accordance with government regulations/requirements, and VNS Health policies, practices, and procedures, as well as NFP requirements as appropriate. Initiates and maintains written (including clinical and progress notes) and verbal communications with team members and management to assure optimal patient/client care. • Participates in the orientation of selected staff through ‘buddy system’ field observation of staff and feedback to appropriate staff involved in orientation process. • Participates in selected student programs by providing guidance, training and mentoring to students. • Provides nursing care in accordance with VNS Health policies, practices, procedures and Standards of Nursing Practice, which may require standing, stooping, sitting, crouching, bending and stretching to deliver patient/client care. • Transports and utilizes required medical equipment and other supplies using VNS Health designated/supplied carrying case weighing approximately 25 – 30 lbs. to and from patient/client homes/care facilities. • Travels to patient/clients’ homes and/or other facilities with varying environments (e.g., elevated buildings, walk-ups, care facilities, single/multiple family homes, presence of pets, etc.) using approved transportation options to deliver direct care to the patient/client. • Follows work procedures in relation to established workflows. • Maintains productivity sufficient to meet VNS Health goals. • Assumes responsibility for personal professional growth through attendance at in-services, training, continued formal education and select journal readership. • Performs other related duties and participates in special project, as assigned. • Establishes, implements, and revises a plan of care with input from appropriate multidisciplinary health team members (i.e., physician, OT, PT, SW, SLP, family members, caregivers, HHAs, etc.) based on goals mutually acceptable to the patient and significant others. Ensures that services follow the plan of care by ongoing assessment, planning, coordination, counseling, teaching and supervision of the delivery of care to meet the needs of the patient. • Oversees/supervises the care provided to the patient by Licensed Practical Nurses and Paraprofessionals through regular home visits in compliance with regulatory and VNS Health requirements. Assesses the patient’s condition, monitors the effect of the care plans on the patient/family health status, informs physician and other team members of changes in the client's needs and updates the plan of treatment, as needed. • Manages, plans, coordinates and executes the patient’s safe discharge from service. Ensures that physician’s orders, discharge summary and communication to team members, patient and family members adhere to VNS Health and regulatory requirements. • Communicates and consults with patient’s MD and follows-up on problematic situations affecting care such as abnormal clinical findings, medication discrepancies, or other factors that impact patient’s ability to comply with the plan of care. Manages and coordinates all aspects of assigned caseload. • Assists patients with activities of daily living, which may require positioning, moving, transferring and lifting patients of varying weights and physical conditions, with and without assistance and as appropriate, from family members and/or paraprofessionals. • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Licenses and Certifications: License and current registration to practice as a registered professional nurse in New York State required Valid driver's license or NYS Non-Driver photo ID card, may be required as determined by operational/regional needs Wound Care Certification required or willingness to obtain within one year of hire preferred Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing preferred Education: Degree in Nursing from an approved program required Work Experience: Minimum of one year of clinical nursing experience, including at least six months of Hospice, or Med/Surg or ICU or Emergency Department or Home care, Palliative Care, Oncology or Long Term Care experience required Pay Range USD $118,942.00 - USD $152,717.00 /Yr. About Us VNS Health has been committed to meeting the needs of New Yorkers for over 130 years. We’re one of the largest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations in the country, and today, more than 11,500 team members work together to make a difference in the lives of more than 99,000 patients and members on any given day. 
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