Nurse Practitioner - Critical Care

Overview

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Weekend Inpatient Pulmonology/Critical Care Advanced Practitioner to join our team in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker's Healthcare and among America's Best Employers By State in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Come be an essential part of our core purpose-to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area's clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

• Our Pulmonary Critical Care team consists of 5 Physicians, 2 Advance Practitioners in the outpatient clinic, and 4 Advance Practitioners inpatient care at St. Luke's Hospital.

• We are expanding to provide additional coverage to care for our Pulmonary admitted patients, and consults.

• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

• .6 FTE Weekend package - 7AM-7PM Saturday and Sunday

• Inpatient Hospital coverage at St. Luke's Cedar Rapids; Admissions and Consults, ICU and general medical floor

• Physician backup available

• Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve

• Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care

• Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment

• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• Prior ICU, Critical Care, and/or Pulmonology experience preferred; either as advance practitioner and/or nurse

• Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

• Board Certified

• 2+ years of experience preferred

• Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa

• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice

• Eligible to work in the United States

We offer:

• Salary based position

• Attractive incentive package, part time benefit elgibility

• A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.

• Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more

• Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.

• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

• Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

• A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa's centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state's Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, "The City of Five Seasons" offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle. Learn more about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.

• Area of Interest: Advanced Practice Nursing and Physician Assistants;

• Job ID: 136474;