Advanced Practice Nurse, Neurology

Job Description:
**Overview**

**JOB SPECIFICS**

* Providing high-quality patient care and a truly personalized, patient-centric experience aligned with each patient's preferences, goals, and needs.

* Primarily outpatient and inpatient neuroscience care, including comprehensive neurological assessments, histories and physicals, new consults, follow-up visits, admissions, daily rounding, and care coordination.

* Evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with a broad range of neurological conditions, including headache disorders, movement disorders, dementia and cognitive disorders, stroke, seizure disorders, traumatic brain injury, neuropathy, and other neurological diseases.

* Develop and implement individualized treatment plans in collaboration with neurologists, neurosurgeons, and multidisciplinary care teams.

* Coordinate care across the continuum, including diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning, medication management, procedural preparation, rehabilitation referrals, and transition planning.

* Order and interpret diagnostic tests, including laboratory studies, neuroimaging, and other neurological testing; prescribe medications and document all care provided.

* Provide patient and family education to enhance understanding of diagnoses, treatment options, disease management strategies, recovery expectations, and preventive care.

* Perform procedures and interventions within scope of practice and assist with neurological and neurosurgical patient management as appropriate.

* Participate in quality improvement initiatives, evidence-based practice, and ongoing professional development within the neurosciences program.

* 8-hour shifts, 1st shift days, 40 hours per week.

Required Qualifications:
* Licensed to provide either advanced practice nursing services in the State of Illinois as issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in accordance with the Illinois Nurse Practice Act OR physician assistant services as issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in accordance with the Illinois Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
* Licensed by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and the State of Illinois to prescribe narcotics, if applicable.
* BLS/ACLS Certified.
* Must be eligible as a provider for Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs.
* Provider shall meet all qualifications to participate in OSF's programs for professional malpractice and other liability coverage.

Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care aligned to the preferences, goals, and needs of the patients served. Neuroscience experience is preffered, but new graduates will be considered.

Benefits & Perks:
OSF HealthCare offers a comprehensive Compensation and Total Rewards Package which includes:

* Generous paid time off!
* Vacation and holiday time off to get away and recharge
* Well-being time for self-care, mission trips, or whatever makes you happy!
* Sick leave for you or to care for an ill family member
* Continuing Medical Education (CME) time and dollars
* Concierge relocation services
* Health, life, dental, and retirement plans
* Paid occurrence-based malpractice
* Student Loan repayment counseling
* Career development opportunities
* Full-time, clinical base hourly pay range for this position: $55.20 - $63.65. This position is salaried.
* *Range shown should be used as an estimate and can be impacted by many factors including but not limited to the critical need of the position, overall experience and qualifications, community need, and other considerations. Additional compensation components may be applicable such as bonuses or incentives which may or may not be based on metric achievement*

Schedule:
5/8 or 4/10

Salary Range (USD):
$55.20 - $63.65

Employment Type:
Full Time

Shift:
1st Shift Days

Hours Per Week:
40.0

Department:
Blo-NS Neurology Clinic

Facility:
College Avenue

Location:
College Avenue 1701 E COLLEGE AVE BLOOMINGTON, Illinois