Advanced Practice Nurse

Pay Range

Base pay: $65,450.00 – $83,600.00 per year.

BSD PED – Emergency Medicine – Fast Track Clinic. The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center providing pediatric emergency services 24/7.

As a Level 1 Trauma Center, the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital provides immediate, highly specialized pediatric emergency services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It features the latest diagnostic and treatment equipment to provide comprehensive emergency care. The emergency department, physicians and nurse practitioners with the Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine care for acutely ill or injured children and teens.

The emergency department is the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center on the South Side of Chicago and treats more than 31,000 patients each year, including hundreds with complex trauma injuries. Fully equipped air medical transport is also available for critically injured patients in surrounding areas. Pediatric Emergency Medicine is integral to an academic institution dedicated to next‑generation physician leaders and scientific discoveries through basic, translational and clinical research.

Provide direct comprehensive health care to pediatric patients in the Comer Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department. Works collaboratively within the Emergency Department care team using advanced clinical skills to assess and manage lower acuity patients in a Pediatric Fast Track treatment setting.

• Perform clinical assessment, evaluation, tests, treatments, therapies, medical management and other direct care for patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
• Assume accountability for direct patient care, which includes obtaining medical history, performing physical assessments, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, writing discharge orders, and prescribing medications as set forth in delegation of prescriptive authority. May include screening patients to determine need for hospital admission and developing therapeutic relationships.
• Collaborate with and act as liaison among nurse, patient, family, physician, and community resources for coordination of patient care.
• Actively pursue required knowledge and skills for professional development. Identify and participate in quality assurance issues on the unit. Acts as resource for clinical skills to staff on or off unit.
• May participate in teaching students and residents in techniques and procedures unique to specific clinical setting.
• Practice specific and invasive procedure privileges are detailed in each APN’s delineation of privileges.
• Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.
• Develop diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions needed to achieve goals and outcomes of the patient’s plan of care.
• Perform other related work as needed.

• College or university degree from an accredited school/college.

• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in a related discipline.

• Current and/or eligible for State of Illinois licensure/registration required.
• Eligibility to be privileged and credentialed through the Medical Staff Office (MSO).
• Once licensed, apply for a mid-level practitioner controlled substance license and DEA number.

• Advanced degree from an accredited nurse practitioner program.
• Background working in a Pediatric Level 1 Trauma ER.

• Demonstrated clinical competency.
• Conduct physical examinations and health assessments.
• Work effectively under pressure.
• Use independent judgment.
• Strong communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate communication among various levels of practitioners.
• Interview and obtain medical information.

• Independent provider in Pediatric Level I Trauma accredited Emergency Room at University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital.
• Clinical care setting.
• Potential exposure to blood borne pathogens.
• Occupational risk for exposure to infectious material and communicable diseases.
• High…