Physician Assistant Or Nurse Practitioner (App) Fellowship-Critical Care Fellowship, Full-Ti...

Job Description
Are you considering a Nurse Practitioner (NP)/ Physician Assistant (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 intensiveone-yeartraining programthat uses a multidisciplinary approach to prepare clinicians to step into the challenging and fast-paced role of a critical care Advanced Practice Provider (APP).
Northwestern Lake Forest (NLFH) APP Critical Care Fellowship (ACCF) Overview:

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
ACCF Educational Opportunities:

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
ACCF Rotational Opportunities:

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
ACCF Procedural Competencies:

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
TheAdvanced Practice Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Practitioner (APRN-CNP) or Physician Assistant (PA) in the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowrole reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all regulatory and accreditation standards.
Schedule:
Primarily day shift
Some weeks of nights and someweekend rotations during the one year of training
No on-call
Responsibilities:
Complete all requirements for credentialing and privileging at NLFH for inpatient core privileges
Attend all didactic lectures and educational opportunities scheduled for APP fellows
Provide direct care to patients as assigned by clinical preceptors
Collaborate and consult with physicians and other health care professionals as appropriate
Develop organizational skills to manage a patient caseload
Develop effective communication and presentation skills with the interdisciplinary team
Develop a deep and broad knowledge base of the common disease processes for which patients are hospitalized through fellowship training and home study as appropriate
Identify individual professional development needs and work w/ APP preceptors/mentors to create opportunities for learning and practice
Participate in APP monthly mentoring meetings and monthly APP grand rounds.