Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Hospice

Northwestern Medicine is seeking an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to join our Hospice team. This role offers a hybrid practice scope encompassing inpatient hospital-based care and community-based program services. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive hospice and palliative care services across inpatient and community settings, supporting patient care needs and program growth.

Practice Info

• Hybrid practice scope encompassing both inpatient hospital-based care and community-based program services

• Involves face-to-face hospice visits, symptom management, eligibility assessments, inpatient rounding for new GIP admissions, and active participation in interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings

Shift & Schedule

• Monday-Friday, 11:00am-3:00pm

• Shared on-call rotation, including nights, weekends, and holidays, approximately one week every 13 weeks

Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive appraisals of patients' health status by taking health histories and performing physical examinations in clinical area

• Provides direct clinical care to patients

• Prescribes/orders medications, therapies; orders/interprets laboratory tests, x-rays and procedures according to clinical privileges

• Evaluates patients to determine their need for further health care

• Provides comprehensive teaching to patients and families

• Documents in the medical record all care and education provided and/or procedures performed for which the Licensed Advanced Practice Provider is responsible

• Refers to other disciplines as appropriate

• Consultant to other disciplines in areas of expertise

• Integrates research based knowledge and clinical expertise in decision making

• Exemplifies a professional image in appearance, manner and presentation

• Advocate for patients, families, coworkers, and the community

• Maintains certifications and continuing education as required for licensure and privileging

• Serves as a patient advocate and role model for "Patients First"

• Participates in unit/departmental/divisional or hospital committees/task forces as appropriate

• Provides comprehensive teaching strategies for patients and their families

• Develops and participates in programs to meet continuing education needs of staff

• Serves as a role model and preceptor to students

• Provides formal education to both internal and external groups pertinent to area of specialty

• Participates in quality improvement and/or research initiatives for specific patient population as appropriate

• Demonstrates clinical expertise and expanded knowledge through patient care activities which may include diagnosis and management of a wide range of health problems

• Responsible for health outcome of an assigned patient population

• Confers with collaborating physician and other health professionals in area of clinical expertise

• Develops appropriate educational systems for patients, families and staff in areas of expertise

• Mentors graduate students in aspects of advanced practice and patient care

• Actively participates in quality improvement and/or research pertinent to area of expertise

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement

• Loan forgiveness

• 401(k) matching

• Lifecycle benefits

Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited school/college of nursing OR master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant Program

• Acute care certification required for APRNs (inpatient experience as an NP will be considered in lieu of 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

• Certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse by a national certifying body as approved by the Illinois Department of Regulation APRN Board

• Current license as a Physician Assistant in the State of Illinois

• Privileged and credentialed through the Northwestern Medicine Medical Staff Office (MSO)

• Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation - BLS, issued by the American Heart Association

• Prior hospice, palliative care, oncology, or critical care experience (preferred)

• Required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run a background check if offered a position