Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Thoracic Surgery, Quality, Clinical Documentation

The salary range for this position is $61.00 - $79.67 (Hourly Rate)

Placement within the salary range is dependent on several factors such as relevant work experience and internal equity. For positions represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range is guided by the rules outlined in the collective bargaining agreement.

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section located .org/benefits to learn more.

Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.

Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.

Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being.

Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.

From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.

• $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
• $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
• $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
• $250 Wellbeing Fund per year ($125 for part-time)
• Matching 401(k)
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
• Paid time off and Holiday pay

Northwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for either a Nurse Practitioner or a Physician Assistant to work in our Outpatient Thoracic Surgery, Quality, Clinical Documentation department.

This role is part of the Clinical Performance & Documentation Integrity Program, an integrated initiative between the Canning Thoracic Institute (NMG) and Clinical Documentation Improvement (NMHC). The program was established after a thoracic surgery pilot demonstrated that targeted, clinician-led documentation improvement meaningfully strengthened the alignment between coded data and clinical reality and produced measurable gains across multiple quality platforms - with no change in clinical practice, surgical technique, or patient selection.

The improvement came entirely from ensuring the record reflected conditions that were already being clinically managed.

Schedule:

M-F, 5x8s

• No nights, weekends, holidays, or on-call

The program is now scaling across the full thoracic surgery service lin. APPs are the operational linchpin of this model - clinically credentialed documentation experts who make documentation improvement part of the workflow rather than a retrospective coding correction.

• Maintain professional engagement & collaboration with the following:
• Active, valued participation in M&M and multidisciplinary review.
• Effective and reliable performance on the periodic occasions when clinical coverage is requested.
• Engage with respective CDI party (inpatient v. ambulatory)
• Engage with PB Coding, Inpatient coding, and Rev Cycles at NM
• Engage with Physician and APP Support Staff (PASS) Team
• Engage with NM & CTI Quality Committee
• Collaboration with relevant peers within DoS

• Documentation accuracy and integrity
• The medical record for assigned cases reflects the conditions clinically present, the complications encountered, and the procedures performed with the level of specificity supported by the chart.
• Concurrent and retrospective chart reviews are completed on the agreed cadence with consistent, reproducible methodology.
• Documentation queries follow…