Advanced Practice Provider - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant-Certified, Cardiology Heart Failure

02050 AMG Park Ridge 1875 Dempster POB - CardiologyFull timeYes40

Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA-C) – Heart Failure Service
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | Park Ridge, IL

Advocate Health is seeking a dedicated and collaborative Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C) to join our growing Heart Failure team at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. This unique position offers a balanced blend of inpatient and outpatient heart failure management, working closely with a highly specialized multidisciplinary cardiovascular team.

Position Overview

This role is structured as 50% outpatient and 50% inpatient, providing continuity of care for patients across the heart failure spectrum.

Outpatient Heart Failure Clinic (50%)

• Manage patients recently discharged following a heart failure hospitalization to ensure smooth transitions of care and reduce readmissions.
• Conduct comprehensive evaluations, medication management, patient education, and ongoing monitoring of heart failure patients.
• Collaborate with cardiologists, heart failure physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other interdisciplinary team members to optimize patient outcomes.

Inpatient Heart Failure Service (50%)

• Partner with Heart Failure physicians to evaluate and round on new heart failure consults.
• Assume primary APP management responsibilities for hospitalized heart failure patients after initial consultation.
• Coordinate daily inpatient care, including treatment planning, medication titration, diagnostic interpretation, discharge planning, and care transitions.
• Serve as a key liaison among patients, families, consulting teams, and outpatient providers to ensure seamless continuity of care.

Schedule

• Four 10-hour shifts per week
• One Saturday hospital rounding shift every 8 weeks
• No overnight responsibilities

Why Advocate Health?

• Work alongside nationally recognized heart failure specialists in a premier tertiary care center.
• Enjoy a highly collaborative practice environment focused on clinical excellence and patient-centered care.
• Opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients through continuity of care spanning hospitalization through outpatient follow-up.
• Access to professional development, continuing education, and career growth within one of the nation's largest nonprofit integrated health systems.

This role offers an exceptional opportunity for an APP who enjoys both acute and ambulatory care and is passionate about improving outcomes for patients living with heart failure.

Pay Range:

$54.90 - $82.35

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical responsibilities:

Assesses, diagnoses, and determines/alters treatment and management plans appropriate for age, acuity and clinical condition. This includes ordering, performing, and interpreting appropriate diagnostic studies and prescription of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies.

Manages conditions based on clinical indication, evidence-based care, cost effectiveness, and assessment of risks/benefits and alternatives.

Provides health promotion, disease prevention and disease management counseling and education of patients and families.

Manages patients as part of an interdisciplinary team and within scope of practice. Seeks physician or other healthcare team member consultation or referrals as appropriate. Escalates need for more emergent or specialized care when necessary.

Maintains accurate, complete, concise, and timely documentation in the electronic medical record. Substantiates and submits professional services consistent with compliant coding and billing practices.

Facilitates consistent, coordinated care and clear communication among all members of the healthcare team and/or health or community agencies.

Performs office or hospital procedures in accordance with specialty practice, competency and granted privileges (where applicable).

Other responsibilities:

Participates in quality, safety, and peer review initiatives/performance activities, organizational and/or departmental meetings and committees, peer review, and workgroups as necessary.

Participates in education and/or onboarding of new team members, students, and other health care professionals.

Seeks experiences to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and advance the profession within and outside of the organization.

Maintains standards of productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to ensure optimal, safe and timely patient care delivery.

Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

License/Registration/Certification Required: ​

Active RN, and APRN/APRN-FPA/APNP or other APRN license(s) in state(s) of practice, AND

Active national board certification in area of clinical practice and populations served, AND

Active DEA registration prior to hire, AND

If Illinois practice: active Illinois Controlled Substance License prior to hire, AND

Active BLS and/or ACLS, PALS, NRP as required by clinical practice prior to or within 6 months of hire

Education Required: ​ ​Master’s Degree in Nursing

Experience Required: No experience required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

Demonstrated high level of clinical proficiency, and excellent decision-making skills.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and as an effective member of a health care team.

Demonstrated ability to adapt to evolving technology and proficiency with the electronic medical record.

Excellent communication skills. Ability to effectively collaborate with and establish/build relationships with others.

Proven organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Must be able to stand, walk, bend, stoop, and twist continuously throughout the workday.

Must have functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing.

Must be able to:

Lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist.

Lift up to 20 lbs over the head.

Carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance.

Operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.