Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner (APP) Fe

at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Location Lake Forest, Illinois
Business Unit Northwestern Medical Group
Job REQID EV64959X
Job Function Physician Assistant
Shift Day Job (1st)

Benefits
$10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
$10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
$1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
$250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
Matching 401(k)
Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
Life insurance
Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
Paid time off and Holiday pay
Pay Starting at: $42.31+ per hour based on experience
Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.
Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.
Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.
From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.
Description
TheNurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) in the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowrole reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Medicine, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all regulatory and accreditation standards.
TheAdvanced Practice Fellowshipwill provide leading-edge post-graduate, on-the-job training to prepare APP fellows for successful practice in a designated specialty, such as cardiology or hematology oncology. Exposed to a variety of clinical rotations, APP Fellows will refine critical thinking, diagnostic, and clinical skills necessary for managing complex medical situations and for providing safe, efficient and effective care to adult hospitalized patients in designated specialty.
The APP fellowship provides an opportunity for licensed advanced practice providers to receive 6 months of intensive clinical training and preparation for the acute care setting. Grounded in a rigorous didactic curriculum, this intensive training program will offer hands-on clinical care through structured clinical rotations in hospital medicine and designated specialty, as well as rotations in designated specialty ambulatory setting. The program places an emphasis on multi-disciplinary learning and communication.
All fellows will work under the direct guidance of APP preceptors and attending physicians. Upon completion, advanced practice fellows will have acquired enhanced skills in hospital medicine and designated specialty area, preparing them for APP acute care positions or ambulatory positions.
Responsibilities:
Complete all requirements for credentialing and privileging at NMH for inpatient core privileges
Attend all didactic lectures and educational opportunities scheduled for APP fellows
Provide direct care to patients as assigned by clinical preceptors
Collaborate and consult with physicians and other health care professionals as appropriate
Develop organizational skills to manage a patient caseload
Develop effective communication and presentation skills with the interdisciplinary team
Develop a deep and broad knowledge base of the common disease processes for which patients are hospitalized through fellowship training and home study as appropriate
Identify individual professional development needs and work w/APP preceptors/mentors to create opportunities for learning and practice
Participate in APP Transition into Practice Program and monthly APP grand rounds.
Clinical:
Conducts comprehensive assessments of patients' health status by taking health histories and performing advanced physical examinations in specialty area.
Provides direct clinical care to patients as needed.
Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests to establish diagnoses and develop a comprehensive treatment plan.
Orders/prescribes medications, therapies, interventions and procedures according to... For full info follow application link.

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