Northwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for either a Nurse Practitioner or a Physician Assistant to work in our outpatient Interventional Pulmonary, with additional focus on Lung Cancer Screening, Smoking Cessation, department. The APP will:
- Provide outpatient care in an interventional pulmonary clinic, managing patients both independently and in collaboration with a supervising physician.
- Review prior medical records, obtain and discuss patient histories, evaluate relevant imaging, and develop individualized diagnostic and treatment plans in partnership with patients.
- Counsel patients on the indications, risks, benefits, and alternatives of interventional procedures, including bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, tunneled pleural catheter placement, and pleuroscopy.
- Evaluate and manage patients with pleural effusions, including performing bedside thoracic ultrasound and bedside thoracentesis.
- Manage InBasket communications, including timely responses to clinical staff and consulting teams, follow-up of diagnostic results, and addressing patient questions and concerns through the MyChart portal.
Location: downtown campus primarily with possibility of satellite clinic location at Old Irving Park, Oak Brook, or Bronzeville
Schedule: M-F, days
- no nights/weekends/holidays/on-call
Essential Functions:
- Demonstrates clinical expertise and expanded knowledge through patient care activities which may include diagnosis and management of a wide range of health problems.
- Responsible for health outcome of an assigned patient population.
- Confers with collaborating physician and other health professionals in area of clinical expertise.
- Develops appropriate educational systems for patients, families and staff in areas of expertise.
- Mentors graduate students in aspects of advanced practice and patient care.
- Actively participates in quality improvement and/or research pertinent to area of expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Conducts comprehensive appraisals of patients' health status by taking health histories and performing physical examinations in clinical area.
- Provides direct clinical care to patients.
- Prescribes/orders medications, therapies; orders/interprets laboratory tests, x-rays and procedures according to clinical privileges.
- Evaluates patients to determine their need for further health care.
- Provides comprehensive teaching to patients and families.
- Documents in the medical record all care and education provided and/or procedures performed for which the Licensed Advanced Practice Provider is responsible.
- Refers to other disciplines as appropriate.
- Consultant to other disciplines in areas of expertise.
- Integrates research based knowledge and clinical expertise in decision making.
- Exemplifies a professional image in appearance, manner and presentation.
- Advocate for patients, families, coworkers, and the community.
- Maintains certifications and continuing education as required for licensure and privileging.
- Serves as a patient advocate and role model for "Patients First".
- Participates in unit/departmental/divisional or hospital committees/task forces as appropriate.
- Provides comprehensive teaching strategies for patients and their families.
- Develops and participates in programs to meet continuing education needs of staff.
- Serves as a role model and preceptor to students.
- Provides formal education to both internal and external groups pertinent to area of specialty.
- Participates in quality improvement and/or research initiatives for specific patient population as appropriate.