Advance Practice Provider

About The Department

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago is a dynamic place to work. Our mission is to improve the health of every child entrusted to us, in an inclusive environment that is committed to family-centered care, clinical excellence, impactful scholarship, effective disease prevention, and advocacy for the appropriate care of every child. The NICU in Comer Children's Hospital has 71 beds and is one of the largest Level III NICUs in Chicago, a major referral center for the sickest newborns, with close to 850 admissions per year and over 21,000 patient bed-days.

It collaborates with the Maternal-Fetal Service to run the University of Chicago Perinatal Network with over 10 affiliated community hospitals. The Small Baby Unit serves the most premature infants less than or equal to 28 weeks.

Department
BSD PED
- Neonatology
- Comer

The Advanced Practice Provider provides direct patient care, in collaboration with consulting physicians and the multidisciplinary health team, to include identification, management, and/or referral of health problems, in accordance with privileges approved by the credentials committee.

• Provide direct patient care and formulate plan of care in collaboration with physician, nursing staff, and the multidisciplinary health team in accordance with privileges approved by the Credentials Committee.
• Communicate follow-up plan/disposition with the follow-up health care provider.
• Prescribe and evaluate pharmacological therapies according to protocol.
• Attend both high and low risk deliveries as needed.
• Initiate CPR and perform therapeutic techniques to stabilize a compromised infant in the delivery room, NICU, emergency room and referring hospitals as needed.
• Stabilize and transport patients as needed.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of current professional and legal trends, concepts and issues related to practice.
• Identify educational needs of family members and assist with teaching as appropriate.
• Ensure that appropriate systems and resources are in place to maintain established standards of care.
• Participate in self and peer evaluation to improve quality of care.
• Participate in the development, review and evaluation of policies and procedures.
• Participate in developing and implementing quality improvement (QI) monitoring.
• Participate in providing in-service and outreach education programs.
• Act as resource for clinical skills for staff on or of the unit.
• May participate in clinical research projects conducted by supervising physicians.
• Serve as preceptor to APP students.
• Evaluate goals and outcomes considering benefit-versus-burden, safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness for patient, family, and organization.
• Develop diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions needed to achieve the goals and outcomes of the patient’s plan of care.
• Have a deep understanding and response to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations; develop and coordinate APP training and professional development activities.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
College or university degree from an accredited school/college.

Work Experience
Knowledge and skills developed through a combination of education and a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in a related discipline.

Certifications
Current and/or eligible for State of Illinois licensure/registration required. Eligibility to be privileged and credentialed through the Medical Staff Office (MSO) - State of Illinois.

• Advanced nursing degree from an accredited school/college of nursing or completion of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.
• Completion of approved NNP training.
• 2 years of clinical experience in level III or level IV NICU as a NICU nurse or NICU APP.

For Neonatal Nurse Practitioner:
NCC certification as a neonatal nurse practitioner;
Illinois APN license by start date; RN license in Illinois or eligibility; mid-level practitioner-controlled substance…