Job Description

Northwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for an acute care nurse practitioner or physician assistant.  We are seeking highly motivated new or recent graduates who would like to pursue a career providing acute care in the hospital setting. This is an intensive ONE-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM that uses a multidisciplinary approach to prepare clinicians to step into the challenging and fast-paced role of a critical care Advanced Practice Provider (APP). The APP Critical Care Fellowship consists of one month rotations with emergency medicine and hospital medicine before transitioning to the ICU for the remainder of the year with supplementary elective rotations including cardiology, palliative care, infectious disease, interventional radiology, and anesthesia. There will be dedicated didactics as well as case-based learning and procedural simulations.  The APP fellow will become competent in critical care procedures including intubation, central line and arterial line placement, thoracentesis, and chest tube placement. They will work directly with APPs and physicians in caring for patients admitted for a variety of medical etiologies. Fellows will learn to master conducting comprehensive histories, physical exams, diagnostic interpretation and creating plans of care. By the end of the program, the fellow will be competent in all critical care management, bedside procedures, and autonomy in managing the Intensive Care Unit. Following the fellowship, preference is given to high-performing fellows for open positions within Northwestern.  

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 NM, 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 APP Critical Care Fellowship will provide leading-edge post-graduate, on-the-job training to prepare APP fellows for successful practice in the critical care setting. 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 the ICU. The APP Critical Care Fellowship provides an opportunity for licensed advanced practice providers to receive 12 months of intensive clinical training and preparation for the acute care setting.

Primarily day shift, no holiday, but will do some weeks of nights and some weekend rotations during the one year of training; no on-call.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete all requirements for credentialing and privileging at NLFH 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 monthly mentoring meetings and monthly APP grand rounds.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Master’s degree from an accredited school/college of nursing OR master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant Program.  
• FOR APRN'S, MUST HAVE ADULT GERONTOLOGY ACUTE CARE CERTIFICATION.
• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois/Current license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois OR current license as a Physician Assistant in the State of Illinois. Certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse by a national certifying body as approved by the Illinois Department of Regulation APRN Board. 
• Privileged and credentialed through the NLFH Medical Staff Office (MSO).
• Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation – BLS/ACLS, issued by the American Heart Association.

Additional Information

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.