Overview

This Community Health Center seeks an OB/GYN Physician who will provide high quality medical care to our patients in a culturally-sensitive and linguistically diverse environment.

Our patient population is an incredibly diverse group of people including many immigrants and refugees. We serve people from 55 different countries, and in more than 25 different languages, including multiple Asian, African and European languages. All of our highly-trained providers are bilingual and speak a variety of languages which allows patients access to a provider who can speak their language.

This CHC was incorporated in 2001 as an independent not-for-profit to increase access to primary care for underserved communities on Chicago’s north side. The organization grew from its humble beginnings and opened its doors as a full-time Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) on March 1, 2004 in the West Ridge neighborhood

The OB/GYN Physician will:

• Provide and manage direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses, and treatment for a specified patient population.
• Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
• Provide prenatal and perinatal care per evidence-based guidelines.
• Perform cesarean sections or other surgical procedures as needed to preserve patients' health and deliver babies safely.
• Maintain delivery and cesarean section privileges at affiliated hospital(s).
• Refer patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
• Train and supervises medical students and residents engaged in specialty activities and procedures, as appropriate.
• May manage the daily operations of a specific medical program, patient care unit, or research function.
• Direct and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives mentioned in the healthcare plan, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Have the capacity to perform at a level that meets the national productivity standards for federally qualified health centers.
• As appropriate to the position, participate in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Misc Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Dependent coverage
• Short/long term disability
• 401k/403b
• Vacation
• License renewals and/or professional association fees paid

Client Description

Mission:

It is our mission to provide quality and compassionate health care services to the Asian American community and all other underserved or underprivileged communities in a culturally competent and linguistically appropriate manner.

Vision:

Our vision is to create a healthy and happy global community.

Value Statements:  C³ARE

Cultural Competence and Respect: Always respect patient personal values, beliefs and cultural heritage. We build bridges across cultures.

Compassion and Empathy: Treat patients and family members with kindness.

Commitment to Our Community: Provide healthcare access where we live, work and nurture our children and families to form a healthy vibrant community.

Access to Care: Provide quality treatment regardless of race, age, creed/religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability or ability to pay.

Reliability and Integrity: Hold to the highest standards of professionalism, competence, ethics and individual responsibility, worthy of the trust our patients place in us.

Excellence: Deliver the highest quality of services to achieve the best health outcomes.

Community Description

The world's best food. The world's best museums. Architecture that awes and enough shopping for days. Find it all in Chicago. With events every weekend, live music and theatre every night, and beautiful parks and ice rinks beckoning every day — Chicago buzzes with energy and excitement all year. 

Chicago is the third most populous city in the US. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people.

Affordable living costs and comprehensive, reliable public transit give Chicago a leg up on most other major cities.

Student Loan Forgiveness

Our clinicians are eligible for state and federal loan repayment program.