Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner; APP Fellowship - Critical Care Fellowshi

• Emergency Medicine – 1 month
• Hospital Medicine – 1 month

The salary range for this position is $42.31 - $55.43 (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. Visit our Benefits section at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). to learn more.

• $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

Are you considering a NP/PA career in critical care
? We are excited to announce that Northwestern Lake Forest offers Chicagoland’s first APP Critical Care Fellowship
.

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).

• A yearlong fellowship opportunity with competitive pay and benefits
• NLFH has a state‑of‑the‑art institution, representing a perfect blend of academic medicine and community medicine.
• APPs at NLFH are valued and given desired autonomy following completion of training
• NLFH trained its first APP fellow in 2018 who now autonomously manages ICU patients overnight
• Responsible for all admissions and acute issues in the ICU as well as cross coverage for the Pulmonary service
• Able to perform critical care procedures
• Responds to all code blues
• Functions without in‑house physician (approximately 50‑75% of the year)
• Incredible learning experience with both physician and APP preceptors

• Sponsored didactic training through Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Weekly didactic sessions with assigned preceptor
• Monthly APP Acute Care Management Education Lecture Series presentations given by NLFH subspecialty providers
• Access to APP Education Series Library where established APPs/physicians have recorded lectures for your learning
• Procedural Simulation Training
• CHEST sponsored 2‑day Critical Care Ultrasound Course
• Attend M&M Rounds; host 2 RN ‘Lunch & Learns’; present end of fellowship APP Education lecture (capstone)
• Opportunities to become involved in hospital wide APP activities such as the APP council and subcommittees

• In addition to your 10 month ICU rotation, you will have opportunities in specialty rotations:
• Emergency Medicine – 1 month
• Hospital Medicine – 1 month
• Palliative Care – 2 weeks
• Infectious Disease – 2 weeks
• Cardiology (including Interventional and Advanced Heart Failure Service) – 2 weeks
• Neurology +/- Neurosurgery – 1 week
• Anesthesiology & Interventional Radiology – year‑long procedural experience incorporated throughout critical care rotation

• Arterial line placement and management
• Perform/interpret POC Ultrasounds
• Insert/manage Central Venous Catheters
• Arterial Puncture
• Cardioversion
• Oral/Nasal Tracheal Intubation
• Ventilator Management
• Tracheostomy Management
• Lumbar Puncture
• US‑guided paracentesis/thoracentesis
• Insert/manage chest tubes
• Temporary vascular access placement for HD/CRRT
• Moderate sedation
• Thrombolytic administration for chest tubes and PEA arrest

• Primarily day shift
• Some weeks of night shift and some weekend rotations during the one year of training
• No on‑call

• Complete all requirements for credentialing and privileging at NLFH for inpatient core privileges
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