Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Hospice

Northwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to work with our Hospice team. This position offers a hybrid practice scope encompassing both inpatient hospital-based care and community-based program services, with flexibility to support future program growth and evolving patient care needs. The APP will provide comprehensive hospice and palliative care services across inpatient and community settings, including face-to-face hospice visits, symptom management, eligibility assessments, inpatient rounding for new GIP admissions, and active participation in interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings.

Practice Info

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

• Flexibility to support future program growth and evolving patient care needs

Shift & Schedule

• Monday-Friday, 11:00am-3:00pm

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

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive hospice and palliative care services across inpatient and community settings, including face-to-face hospice visits, symptom management, eligibility assessments, inpatient rounding for new GIP admissions, and active participation in interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings

• Demonstrate 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

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

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

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

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

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

Compensation

• $61 - $79.67 per hour

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

• Once licensed may apply for a controlled substance license and DEA number

• 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)