The Advanced Practice Nurse will provide comprehensive care to patients for the Pain and Anesthesia Perioperative Medicine Clinics (APMC) within the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at the University of Chicago.
Requirements
- Evaluate and manage surgical and procedural patients prior to their scheduled intervention.
- Provide direct primary health care to patients, in collaboration with supervising physician(s) and the multidisciplinary health team in accordance with privileges approved by the credentials committee.
- Assist Anesthesiologists through organized instruction and supervised practice.
- Conduct comprehensive or episodic health assessments and develop patient care plans within clinical nursing practice and medical care protocols.
- Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record the date in the patient's record; screen patients to determine the need for hospital admission, making referrals to other disciplines as indicated.
- Write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings.
- Obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
- Perform and document physical examinations according to government guidelines and personalize therapies.
- Order appropriate laboratory tests according to clinical diagnosis, clinical pathways, and protocols.
- Arrange and order appropriate diagnostic studies for patients under the direction of the attending physician.
- Collaborate with and act as liaison among the nurse, patient, family, physician, and community resources for coordination of patient care.
- Select appropriate communications approach to achieve desired outcomes of patient care.
- Actively pursue required knowledge and skills for professional development.
- Identify and participate in quality assurance issues on the unit.
- May participate in health education in the community.
- May participate in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by supervising physician.
- May prepare statistical reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
- Act as a resource for clinical skills to staff on or off the unit.
- May participate in teaching students and residents in techniques and procedures which are unique to specific clinical setting.
- Practice specific and invasive procedure privileges are detailed in each APNs Delineation of Privileges.
- Evaluates goals and outcomes taking into account the benefit-versus-burden, safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness for the patient, family and the organization.
- Develops diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions needed to achieve the goals and outcomes of the patient’s plan of care.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Benefits
- Health, retirement, and paid time off benefits
- Generous paid time off
