Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner | Flexible Week On/Week Off Schedule - Freeport, IL $95,000 - $145,000
Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
What experience do you have in gastroenterology, and if it is limited, how will you get up to speed?
What they are checking: Honesty about specialty experience and a concrete plan for learning GI quickly.
How do you work with the gastroenterologists you collaborate with when your assessment differs from theirs?
What they are checking: Whether they can speak up with clinical reasoning while respecting the physician's role.
Tell me about a time you helped a patient talk about a topic they were embarrassed about.
What they are checking: Comfort with sensitive GI conversations, which affects how much patients will tell you.
What would you do
The schedule can be week on, week off. How would you keep continuity for patients during your off weeks?
What they are checking: Whether they have thought about handoffs and follow-up so patients do not fall through gaps.
A patient with Crohn's disease calls with worsening abdominal pain and fever. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize a possible abscess or flare that needs urgent evaluation rather than phone advice.
How do you handle results and Epic messages that come in during your off week?
What they are checking: Whether they plan coverage so abnormal results are acted on even when they are not working.
About the work
Walk me through your evaluation of a 45-year-old with new iron deficiency anemia.
What they are checking: Whether they know GI blood loss must be ruled out and what workup that requires.
How do you manage a patient with GERD who is still having symptoms after eight weeks on a PPI?
What they are checking: Knowledge of next steps, alarm symptoms and when endoscopy is warranted.
How do you explain bowel prep to a patient so the colonoscopy does not have to be repeated?
What they are checking: Whether they can give clear patient education that directly affects procedure quality.
A patient's liver enzymes are three times normal on routine labs. Where do you start?
What they are checking: An organized approach to abnormal liver tests, from medications and alcohol to viral and fatty liver causes.
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