UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Neurosurgery APP

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth is seeking a highly motivated Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join our growing neurosurgery team. The APP will play a critical role in delivering high-quality, comprehensive care to patients with complex neurological and spine disorders. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, assisting in both surgical and non-surgical management. The APP will support the Neurosurgeons at affiliated hospitals in rotation. The primary responsibilities include outpatient clinic twice per week, in-hospital rounds, and surgical assist in neurosurgical cases.

The ideal candidate will join a collaborative team comprised of Neurosurgeons and Advanced Practice Providers.

• Perform comprehensive patient evaluations, including history-taking, physical examinations, and diagnostic testing interpretation for neurosurgery consults
• Assist in the management of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative neurosurgery patients
• First assist certification, required
• Full Time; 5 days per week plus one weekend per month of call
• Outpatient clinic 2 days per week
• Weekend call coverage, with Attending, one weekend per month
• Annual Salary: $118K - $128K 

Education/Training

• Graduate of an accredited nurse practitioner or physician assistant program
• Masters degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant Studies
• Current Illinois nurse practitioner or physician assistant license in good standing
• Certified as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant by an approved certifying organization.
• Prescriptive authority, Illinois Controlled Substance, DEA certification
• Current CPR certification

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook, GlenOaks, Hinsdale and La Grange hospitals are affiliated with UChicago Medicine, one of the top academic medical centers in the country. We are also part of AdventHealth, a unified health system with over 50 hospital campuses and hundreds of care sites in diverse markets throughout 9 states.