Advanced Practice Provider (APP) - (Transplant Outpatient)

Scope of Practice:

• →Works within the Bylaws of the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System and in adherence to hospital and divisional policy.
• →Works collaboratively with other providers in the care of patients.
• →Performs an accurate history and physical examination of patients, comprehensive or episodic health assessments and develops patient care plans.
• →Performs procedures according to clinical delineation of privileges.
• →Provides prevention strategies and management of acute and chronic health problems.
• →Orders and interprets tests, treatments, and therapies within the scope of practice.
• →Prescribes medications, diet, supplies, prosthetic devices, and other home health aides or medication according to clinical privileges.
• →May provide other clinical duties within the scope of practice as directed under the emergency operation plan.
• →Demonstrates fiscal responsibility to positively impact the financial performance of the organization while ensuring optimal patient care and safety.

Professional:

• →Integrates evidence-based knowledge and clinical expertise in decision-making.
• →Participates in peer review and competency assessment activities.
• →Establishes an effective relationship with the entire care team.
• →May lead and assist in research and evidence-based practice through participant selection, coordination of the protocol(s), data collection, and other associated activities.
• →Demonstrates accountability for professional conduct.
• →Advances professionalism by seeking opportunities to develop new skills and to enhance current ones.

Teaching:

• →Provides comprehensive teaching strategies for patients and their families.
• →May provide education and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students and current and new employees, including but not limited to medical staff, residents, advanced practice providers and nursing.
• →Provides formal and/or informal education or mentorship to both internal and external groups pertinent to area of specialty.

Communication & Leadership:

• →Participates in program development.
• →Acts as a resource for clinical staff in the practice setting.
• →Consults with management in assessment, problem-solving, decision-making, and evaluating clinical/system issues and models of care.
• →Identifies and participates in quality-improvement initiatives within the practice setting and initiates change as appropriate.
• →Leads multidisciplinary teams to provide integrated delivery of patient care services.
• →May participate in the development and revision of protocols or guidelines to reflect evidence-based changes in care management. May participate in activities that influence policy-making bodies to improve patient care.
• →Travel to offsite locations: Libertyville and Gurnee, as needed.

• Graduation from a nationally accredited APRN or PA training program.
• Current National Certification as Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP-BC)/Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification (AGACNP-BC) by American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) OR as a Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) by the Nationally accredited and recognized certifying body Commission on Certification of Physicians Assistants (NCCPA) required.
• Current license as an APRN-CNP or Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) in the State of Illinois required.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required.
• Current Controlled Substance licensure and Federal DEA required.
• Effective communication skills (oral and written) that facilitate therapeutic relationships between physicians, APRN and PA providers as well as multi-disciplinary care team.
• Demonstrated experience in leadership, multidisciplinary collaboration, interpersonal communication, education, clinical experience.
• Ability to meet all requirements for medical staff privileges.

• Nursing Experience in a Transplant department and/or Transplant Quality Team preferred.
• Knowledge of Transplant Quality regulations preferred.
• Ability to travel to offsite assigned transplant clinics.

Salary & Benefits:

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