Description
Northwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for a new grad APP to do a fellowship in our General Internal Medicine and Primary Care outpatient clinics.
The Fellow will spend 6 months in a training program led by our existing 6 APP’s in GIM and then 3 months in a Primary Care clinic (possibly offsite).
The days will be spent shadowing APP’s, MD’s, didactic educational sessions, and rotations through various medicine specialties (, Endo, Rheum, Nephrology).
Schedule : M-F, days; no nights / weekends / holidays / on-call
Compensation : $ for 9-months plus a full benefit package
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Practitioner (APRN-CNP) or Physician Assistant (PA) in the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellow role 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.
The Advanced 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 clinical privileges.Documents in the medical record all care provided and / or procedures performed for which the Advanced Practice Provider Fellow is responsible.
Collaborates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to develop and direct an individualized and comprehensive treatment plan.
Coordinates the discharge planning process with patients, families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.Consults with other specialties and disciplines as appropriate to meet all health care needs of patients.
Leadership : Participates in unit / departmental / divisional or hospital committees / task forces and professional organizations.
Advocates for patients, families, nursing staff and other members of the healthcare community.Consults with NM leadership in the identification, evaluation and problem solving of clinical system and process issues.
Education : Teaches and counsels patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, plan of care, anticipated outcomes, and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
Develops and participates in programs to meet personal educational needs, and needs of the clinical teamProvides formal and informal educational programs to healthcare professionals pertinent to APP fellow role.
Research / Quality / Outcomes : Participate in / review evidence-based research / guidelines and apply to clinical practice.
Participate in service-line specific quality initiatives and development of outcome metrics.
Qualifications
Required
- APRN-CNP Only : Must have graduated from an accreditation Nurse Practitioner programMeets all required qualifications of APRN-CNP job descriptionMaster’s degree from an accredited school / college of nursingRegistered Professional Nurse (IL) licenseAdvance Practice Registered Nurse (IL) license
- PA Only : Meets all required qualifications of PA job descriptionMust have graduated from an accredited PA programPA (IL) license
- All required to hold and maintain : Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (American Heart Association) certification
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