Location: Rockford, IL - Specialty: Physician Assistant

POSITION SUMMARY: The Physician Assistant provides primary care services to children and/or adults as part of the provider team at the FQHC collaborating with licensed MD/DO physicians.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This will include but is not limited to:

1. Accountable for demonstrating the qualities outlined in the “Customer Service Standards of Excellence” program when interacting with patients, their families and friends, and fellow employees.
2. Understand and comply with the Mission Statement and Vision Statement.
3. Provide care and establish within the medical record problem lists, medication lists and records deemed necessary to longitudinally follow the patient.
4. Collaborate and consult when necessary with patients, families, support staff, midlevel providers, internal and external consultants in order to provide the appropriate high level care.
5. Deliver medical care under the direction of a primary supervising physician and secondary supervisory physician staff. Use appropriate protocols, guidelines, and agreed upon references and clinical care understandings. Care may be provided at any program or site of the FQHC. 
6. Assume responsibility of patient continuity of care.
7. Participate in health promotion and disease prevention activities for all patients.
8. Participate in quality improvement and assurance activities.
9. Attend mandatory staff meetings and in-services.
10. Complete records to the detail deemed necessary by regulatory agencies and in a timely fashion.
11. Attend and participate in FQHC activities.
12. Embrace and support health care change.
13. Aid in the construction of a collaborative work environment.
14. Maintains an adequate amount of continued medical education credits to meet licensure, hospital medical staff, health plan and skill sets necessary to provide a high level of care to patients.
15. Other duties as assigned by the CEO or CMO or his/her designee to meet the goal of providing excellent health care.
16. To strictly adhere to FQHC Community Health Policies.

Location: Virginia, IL - Specialty: Psychiatry - Mental Health Counselor

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Clinical Therapist looking to make a positive impact in the lives of individuals with mental illness? Do you thrive in a positive company culture where your contributions are valued? Join our team as a clinical therapist. Our therapists provide mental health services in outpatient and community-based settings, utilizing collaborative treatment approaches that can be tailored to suit their own style as well as the needs of the clients they serve. Counseling will be provided in the office as well as in local school districts, with the ideal candidate comfortable seeing children ages 4 and above.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent

Position Summary

Provide the full scope of services which fall under provider’s field of training, including but not limited to diagnosis, treatment, coordination of care, preventive care, and electronic health record (EHR) maintenance, while following guidelines contained within the quality management, risk management, infection control, customer service and safety programs for the FQHC. 

Clinical and Operational Responsibilities

General Clinical

• Obtains health history and perform physical examinations.
• Diagnoses, treats, counsels, and coordinate care for each patient.
• Reviews and update problem list and longitudinal plan of care at every visit.
• Meets documentation standards and completes all progress notes within 24 hours following the patient visit.
• Fulfills on-call responsibilities in accordance with the schedule developed and responds to calls within 20 minutes.
• Prescribe medication in accordance with Illinois statute and professional practice guidelines.
• Performs all duties in conformity with the quality standards and clinical guideline established.
• Meets Meaningful Use standards which is defined as using certified EHR technology to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities, engage patients and families in their health care, improve care coordination, improve population and public health; all the while maintaining privacy and security.
• Manages EHR In-Basket, transfers In-Basket responsibilities to colleagues when appropriate, and responds to messages (e.g. lab results, refills, patient calls, patient messages, co-sign orders, co-sign charts, and open charts) within 72 hours

Patient Support and Education

• Provides culturally competent care
• Recognizes patients’ families as an integral part of patients’ care teams.
• Ensures that patients’ and families’ needs are met, and clinic policy is followed through.
• Encourage patients and families to voice questions and/or concerns.
• Works with patients and their families as appropriate to encourage care self-management
• Conducts patient education activities, including pre and post instruction exams and procedures, instructions related to illness and treatment, and reinforcement of provider’s follow-up instructions
• Utilizes printed health education materials as appropriate and document all instructions given; while giving consideration to an individual varying level of understanding and adjusts level of presentation to ensure the patient is knowledgeable of medical condition and plan of care
• Works with care team and case management to provide for coordinated delivery of case management services.
• Ensures patients presenting with greater acuity than what is clinically appropriate within the health center are transferred appropriately
• Meets intensity of service and/or severity of illness admission criteria

Provider Development

• Participates in the orientation and training of staff as needed.
• Ensures care team meets internal certification requirements for patient education and the administration of medication.
• Participates in proficiency testing as required to ensure that proper standards of care are being maintained.
• May function as a preceptor in teaching programs including medical residents, medical students, advance practice nurse students as well as other allied health professions
• Adheres to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) regulations.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent

This Community Health Center is at the forefront of expanding access to affordable, comprehensive healthcare. We understand that we must continually work to evolve our thinking around patient care. As a community health care leader, we know that regardless of all the resources and advancements in medicine today, patient engagement is the most critical element in improving health outcomes. To achieve this outcome, we innovate and develop better practices to improve our care delivery model.

To continue successfully down this path, we search for candidates who share our values and goals. We don’t discriminate for any reason.  We welcome talent who believes in our mission, drives the organization forward and cares about the value they bring to an organization.

We treat the whole person and believe behavioral health is an important part of one’s overall health. We have an integrated approach to care and our behavioral health team works directly with our primary care teams to ensure that all aspects of a patient’s health are reviewed and monitored on a regular basis.

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Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent

Position Summary

Provide the full scope of services which fall under provider’s field of training, including but not limited to diagnosis, treatment, coordination of care, preventive care, and electronic health record (EHR) maintenance, while following guidelines contained within the quality management, risk management, infection control, customer service and safety programs for the FQHC. 

Clinical and Operational Responsibilities

General Clinical

• Obtains health history and perform physical examinations.
• Diagnoses, treats, counsels, and coordinate care for each patient.
• Reviews and update problem list and longitudinal plan of care at every visit.
• Meets documentation standards and completes all progress notes within 24 hours following the patient visit.
• Prescribe medication in accordance with Illinois statute and professional practice guidelines.
• Performs all duties in conformity with the quality standards and clinical guideline established by the FQHC.
• Meets Meaningful Use standards which is defined as using certified EHR technology to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities, engage patients and families in their health care, improve care coordination, improve population and public health; all the while maintaining privacy and security.
• Manages EHR In-Basket, transfers In-Basket responsibilities to colleagues when appropriate, and responds to messages (e.g. lab results, refills, patient calls, patient messages, co-sign orders, co-sign charts, and open charts) within 72 hours

Patient Support and Education

• Provides culturally competent care Recognizes patients’ families as an integral part of patients’ care teams.
• Ensures that patients’ and families’ needs are met, and clinic policy is followed through.
• Encourage patients and families to voice questions and/or concerns. Works with patients and their families as appropriate to encourage care self-management
• Conducts patient education activities, including pre and post instruction exams and procedures, instructions related to illness and treatment, and reinforcement of provider’s follow-up instructions
• Utilizes printed health education materials as appropriate and document all instructions given; while giving consideration to an individual varying level of understanding and adjusts level of presentation to ensure the patient is knowledgeable of medical condition and plan of care
• Works with care team and case management to provide for coordinated delivery of case management services.
• Ensures patients presenting with greater acuity than what is clinically appropriate within the health center are transferred appropriately Meets intensity of service and/or severity of illness admission criteria

Provider Development

• Participates in the orientation and training of staff as needed.
• Ensures care team meets internal certification requirements for patient education and the administration of medication.
• Participates in proficiency testing as required to ensure that proper standards of care are being maintained.
• May function as a preceptor in teaching programs including medical residents, medical students, advance practice nurse students as well as other allied health professions
• Adheres to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) regulations.

Location: Bloomington, IL - Specialty: Psychiatry, General

If you are passionate about bringing hope into the underserved community then consider our full-time Psychiatry opportunity with an FQHC located in Bloomington, IL. You would work in collaboration with other clinicians to provide care to patients in an outpatient only setting that has no requirements of call, rounding, or weekends. Telemedicine may be utilized when needed.

The position offers an excellent compensation and benefits package including eligibility for pre-tax loan repayment up to $50,000 with a 2-year contract plus health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan with company match, and more. Our clinicians are also eligible for state and federal loan repayment programs, such as the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program.

This area of the state benefits from a thriving economy and a lower cost of living supported by companies such as State Farm, Country Financial, Rivian (electric vehicle manufacturing company), and a robust medical community. The Bloomington-Normal area is a vibrant community, home to over 165,000 residents. Located 2.5 hours from Chicago and St. Louis. Bloomington-Normal boasts a bustling airport as well as frequent Amtrak service. Bloomington-Normal also offers excellent public and private schools from pre-K to higher education – home to Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Heartland Community College

Location: Waukegan, IL - Specialty: Psychiatry, General

Our Medical Director for Behavioral Health Services serves our community through providing direct patient care as well as overseeing the psychiatry providers and Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) providers, including provider recruitment, development and retention, scheduling, establishment and achievement of productivity benchmarks, quality improvement, clinical direction and risk management to ensure quality and cost-effective care. 

Essential Functions

• Reporting directly to the Director of Behavioral Health this position oversees psychiatric services and serves as the medical advisor for the department’s behavioral health services.
• Develops vision for the clinical activities to improve the health outcomes, obtain quality incentives and shared savings, and create innovative clinical models of of care.
• Oversees the achievement of productivity standards and is responsible for working with the providers and clinical leadership to ensure that performance expectations are understood and met. 
• Monitors performance management data for areas of responsibility and assures the implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement principles and projects.
• In conjunction with the Director of Behavioral Health, is responsible for hiring the psychiatric Provider staff (including physicians, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants) and ensuring that each
• Works to meet the Health Department’s mission.
• Provides clinical and administrative supervision of staff under the Director's direction, including completion of evaluations.

Scheduled Hours: 40 hours a week

• Monday - Friday (8:30am - 5:00pm)
• 40% clinical and 60% administrative time, though distribution may change based on changing needs

Location: Quincy, IL - Specialty: Social Worker - General

Are you passionate about helping individuals in crisis? Join our team as a Mobile Crisis Specialist I.

As a Mobile Crisis Specialist, you will be on-call, mobile, and work as part of a team to offer face-to-face crisis assessments or telephone interventions. You'll be at the frontline of crisis response, ensuring individuals receive timely and appropriate care.

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and authentic workplace.    

Key Responsibilities:

• Receive calls from the ACI Crisis Line or Crisis Services Leadership to conduct telephone or face-to-face assessments.

• Collaborate with Crisis Team members and access community resources when needed.

• Assess risk and coordinate services for individuals in crisis, including facilitating hospitalization or connecting them to other resources.

• Create safety plans for individuals as necessary.

• Work with law enforcement and emergency medical personnel to support individuals and their families.

• Maintain communication with internal and external partners to provide access or referrals to services.

• Recognize signs and symptoms of mental illness in children and adults to effectively serve individuals in crisis.

• Navigate legal issues regarding custody and guardianship to provide care in the least restrictive environment.

• Understand the involuntary commitment process.

• Ensure proper documentation to comply with DMH, BBH, and other entity requirements.

• Adhere to agency policies and procedures, including emergency and corporate compliance policies.

• Participate in scheduled conference calls, webinars, meetings, trainings, and supervision.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Social Worker - Licensed Clinical (LCSW)

This Community Health Center seeks a Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) to be a part of a multi-disciplinary primary health care team. The BHC will be responsible for providing behavioral health consultation and treatment to children, adolescents, and adults in order to improve their psychosocial functioning and overall health outcomes.

This Community Health Center is at the forefront of expanding access to affordable, comprehensive healthcare. We understand that we must continually work to evolve our thinking around patient care. As a community health care leader, we know that regardless of all the resources and advancements in medicine today, patient engagement is the most critical element in improving health outcomes. To achieve this outcome, we innovate and develop better practices to improve our care delivery model.

To continue successfully down this path, we search for candidates who share our values and goals. We don’t discriminate for any reason.  We welcome talent who believes in our mission, drives the organization forward and cares about the value they bring to an organization.

We treat the whole person and believe behavioral health is an important part of one’s overall health. We have an integrated approach to care and our behavioral health team works directly with our primary care teams to ensure that all aspects of a patient’s health are reviewed and monitored on a regular basis.

Locations Available

3800 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60624

4839 W 47th St, Chicago, IL 60638

1817 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608 (Spanish required)

3303 W 26th St, Chicago, IL 60623 (Spanish required)

Loan repayment opportunities through National Health Service Corps!

Location: Quincy, IL - Specialty: Social Worker - Licensed Clinical (LCSW)

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Clinical Therapist looking to make a positive impact in the lives of individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders? Do you thrive in a positive company culture where your contributions are valued? Join our team as a Clinical Therapist!

As a Therapist, you'll be responsible for assisting individuals in improving their ability to perform tasks in their daily living and working environments and providing clinical guidance as they move towards recovery. You will complete intake/screening and/or comprehensive assessment processes, determine and document diagnoses, develop treatment plans, and participate in clinical staffing/treatment meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete intake/screening and/or comprehensive assessment processes within designated time frames.

• Determine and document diagnosis based on comprehensive assessment.

• Develop treatment plans for clients in accordance with state regulatory/CARF guidelines.

• Participate in clinical staffing/treatment meetings providing feedback on pertinent cases.

• Adhere to weekly service provision model.

• Work closely with the insurance department to ensure authorized services are approved and adequate information is provided within specified time frames.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we prioritize fostering a culture of belonging and connection within our workforce. We encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences, as we believe that a rich tapestry of perspectives strengthens our mission. If you are passionate about empowering local communities and creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization dedicated to cultivating an authentic workplace.