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