Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) - Palliative Care - Inpatient I

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Division of Geriatric & Palliative Medicine is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide specialty medical care within the Inpatient setting. This position is located at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital and Froedtert West Bend Hospital.   The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team who will contribute to excellence in program administration, patient care, patient safety, research, quality improvement, and teaching. 

Position Highlights:

• Thriving & growing program

• Provide exceptional, compassionate, & collaborative care of palliative care inpatients

• Engage & comfort patients & families

• Will assist in the coordination of care for patients seen by the Community Health Division Palliative Care Consultation Service in the Inpatient setting

Schedule:

• Part-time, .5 fte

• One week on, One week off. M-F, 8 am - 4:30 pm

• No weekends or on-call required

Department/Division Highlights: 

• Dedicated to improving care for our patients & their caregivers, and creating robust educational opportunities for students, residents, & fellows

• Academic patient care

• Team-Based Medicine approach in our clinics, consult services, & community care.

• Join a welcoming, cohesive, collaborative, & dynamic team

• Geriatric and Palliative Medicine | Medical College of Wisconsin

Qualifications: 

Preferred Experience:  

• Previous inpatient, acute care, & critical care PA, NP, or RN experience strongly preferred

Minimum Education: 

• Advanced Practice Nurse: Master’s Degree or higher in Nursing from a nationally accredited organization. 

• Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies from an ARC-PA-accredited organization. 

Minimum Requirements:

Advanced Practice Nurse/ Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner                                                         

• Wisconsin RN License  

• Wisconsin Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber License  

• Certification Requirements:

• BLS

• Nurse Practitioner Certification from a nationally accredited professional nursing organization- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP (AGACNP), Adult Care NP, or Geriatric NP highly preferred

• Will consider certification as Acute Care NP and/or Family Practice NP

• Additional Certification in hospice/palliative care or oncology nursing strongly preferred

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Physician Assistant 

• Wisconsin Physician Assistant License 

• Certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) 

• BLS

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Medical College of Wisconsin

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. MCW consists of a School of Medicine with campuses in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Central Wisconsin, a School of Graduate Studies, and a School of Pharmacy. MCW is a major national research center ranking in the top third of U.S. medical schools in NIH funding and is the second largest research institution in Wisconsin. Academic medicine is at the core of everything we do at MCW, bringing together scientists, clinicians, students and community members to solve the most complex challenges in health and society. MCW is a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to pioneer pathways to a healthier world. Every study we conduct and every patient we see leads to new learning and a continuous cycle of life-changing knowledge and innovation.

Approximately 1,780 MCW physicians and approximately 905 advanced practice providers care for more than 484,000 patients of all ages annually at Froedtert Hospital, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Children’s Wisconsin, and many other hos