Location: Pekin, IL - Specialty: Certified Nurse Midwife

The Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) reports to and is under the guidance of the Director of OB/GYN Services, Site Medical Directors, and collaborating physicians, in accordance with the FQHC mission, strategic goals, federal and state laws and regulations, performance and outcome objectives, and accreditation standards. The CNM provides care to women in all stages of pregnancy, childbirth, post-delivery, and other general women’s healthcare.  

Essential Functions

• Assesses the health status of patients by obtaining a relevant medical and health history and performing a physical exam based on age and history to identify any medical diseases or disorders and/or needs of the patient. 
• Establishes priorities and devises a mutually acceptable plan of care to maximize the health potential of the individual by ordering appropriate diagnostic tests, identifying appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and developing a client education plan, according to protocols established by HHS. 
• Conducts and interprets relevant diagnostic tests, prescribes non-pharmacologic therapies, provides relevant patient education to the individual and/or family, and makes referrals to other appropriate health professionals and community agencies. 
• Maintains a process for systematic follow-up by determining the effectiveness of the plan of care through documentation of client outcomes; reassessing and modifying the care plan as necessary to achieve medical and health goals; and maintaining accurate, legible, and confidential records. 
• Participates in periodic quality assurance review, including systematic review of records and treatment plans. 
• Functions as a role model and preceptor for nurse midwife students completing a formal education program. 
• Participates as a team member in the provision of medical and health care, interfacing with professional colleagues to provide comprehensive care for women. 
• Supports and participates in HHS’s continuous quality improvement efforts designed to increase patient outcomes; increase patient satisfaction, and improve the utilization of HHS’s human, capital, and physical resources.  
• Participates in HHS’s peer review program. 
• Participates in HHS collaborative projects as appropriate. 
• Updates patients’ records and changes in health status regularly, as clinically indicated. 
• Maintains current knowledge by attending educational programs and maintains certification in compliance with current state law. 
• Develops and maintains a positive working relationship with patients, department personnel, and outside agencies.  
• Supports clinic compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, and HHS rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures governing the clinical provision of medical services as well as those relating to, but not limited to, workplace safety, public health, and confidentiality. 
• Works in consultation with clinical teams, direct clinical support staff, and indirect clinical support staff to develop and implement policies and procedures that maximize patient-centered communication and services. 
• Maintains and assures confidentiality of patient information in accordance with HHS’s policies.  
• Reports building/equipment problems through the appropriate channels. 
• Performs any clerical duty or department related task as assigned by supervisor in a continuously changing medical practice. 
• Attends all staff meetings, department meetings, and any other meetings as required.   

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Certified Nurse Midwife

This Community Health Center provides quality, cost-effective healthcare to minority communities, the uninsured, and underinsured of Pilsen Little Village, including Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Dentistry, OB/GYN and Midwifery, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, and In-House Lab Services.

The CNM will:

• provide care to essentially normal women and newborns, antepartally, intrapartally, postpartally and/or gynecologically
• work within an integrated health care setting which provides for medical consultation, collaborative management and referral

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Certified Nurse Midwife

The Coordinator of Midwifery plans, organizes and directs the activities of the Midwifery Program, assuming full responsibility for supervision, training and evaluation of other provider, program development and evaluation, and inter-department liaison.

In this specific role, the coordinator will be responsible for managing a caseload to assure appropriate clinical coverage, creating and executing a plan to reduce the CNM caseload to a level appropriate for the number of CNMs on staff.

Educated in the two disciplines of nursing and midwifery, possesses evidence of certification according to the requirements of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB). Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Supports the goals and philosophy of the FQHC
• Selects, orients, directs, evaluates and disciplines other CNM’s
• Plans staffing for coverage of assigned in-patients and out-patients areas
• Assumes 24-hour accountability and responsibility for the service
• Develops, implements, and maintains compliance with policies, procedures and guidelines for the Nurse-Midwifery practice. Directs periodic review of policies, procedures and guidelines
• Maintains compliance with AMCB and state requirements
• Promotes, facilitates and monitors quality of care through chart reviews, participation in state-wide peer review, utilization of quality management principals, monitoring of provider activities and productivity and all other activities.
• Prepares Nurse-midwifery service budget, encourages and monitors compliance according to funding source guidelines.
• Identifies individual CNM needs for professional growth and development and provides opportunities to meet those needs.
• Participates in short and long range planning for the service and medical center;
• Establishes and maintains productive working relationships with other personnel and departments;
• Serves as consultant to outside agencies regarding Nurse-Midwifery practice;
• Represents CNM staff in the affiliated hospital and coordinates CNM services with medicine, nursing, medical records, etc
• Meets regularly with Medical Director, Executive Director and other appropriate staff as part of the management team
• Performs clinical Nurse-Midwifery functions in clinic and hospital
• Maintains Midwifery practice statistics
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Management: 3 years (Preferred)
• Midwifery: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner

This Community Health Center seeks a Spanish-speaking Nurse Practitioner to provide primary care services to patients in all life cycles in a medical home model. The Nurse Practitioner will prevent disease, help patients learn about healthy choices, and treat disease and illness.

This Community Health Center (CHC) primarily serves the Chicago communities of Austin, Belmont-Cragin, Dunning, East Garfield Park, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Montclare, New City, North Lawndale, Portage Park, West Garfield Park, West Town, and the near west suburbs of Berwyn, Cicero, Maywood, Melrose Park, and Oak Park.

This CHC began in 1980 as the Parent Child Center, a three-room clinic at West Suburban Medical Center that offered prenatal, postpartum, and infant care for underserved residents of Chicago’s Austin community. In 1992, this CHC attained the status of a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) look-alike in 1994 and received full FQHC recognition in 2002. Since then, we have grown to encompass thirteen health centers, serving West Side Chicago and the near west suburbs. 

Most of our sites are family health centers, offering a full range of services for all ages. We also operate a medical clinic inside a respite shelter for people who are homeless, a school-based health center in Belmont-Cragin, a community farm in Austin, and northern Illinois’ only freestanding birth center, in Berwyn.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Family

This Community Health Center provides quality, cost-effective healthcare to minority communities, the uninsured, and underinsured of Pilsen Little Village, including Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Dentistry, OB/GYN and Midwifery, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, and In-House Lab Services. 

The Family Nurse Practitioner will:

• diagnose, treat and help prevent mental disorders in a community health center setting
• provide continuity of care to each patient
• collaborate with Medical providers 

Schedule: 36 clinic hours per week, 5 days per week including one evening and every other Saturday

Location: Rockford, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Family

POSITION SUMMARY: The Nurse Practitioner provides primary care services to children and/or adults as part of the provider team 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 of the FQHC.
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, 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 at 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 the FQHC Community Health Policies.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Family

Clinical and Operational Duties General Clinical 

• Obtains health history and performs 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.
• Assures all clinical activities are accomplished according to acceptable guidelines for reimbursement.

Patient Support & 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 considering 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.
• Other duties as assigned.

Location: Addison, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Family

The Nurse Practitioner provides quality care to those patients assigned to them that are consistent with guidelines contained within the quality management, risk management, infection control, customer service and safety programs for the FQHC. Location qualifies for NHSC student loan repayment. As a family medicine NP provides health care services on site and via telehealth to patients under the general direction of a licensed Physician if NP does not have full practice authority

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Family

A rapidly growing and dynamic healthcare organization dedicated to providing high-quality, accessible healthcare services to our community. We are in the application process to become a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). We are seeking a NP, specializing in female health with sensitivity toward Orthodox Jewish female adults.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understanding and willingness to deliver care in a primary care setting.
• Guide and assist in all aspect of primary care medicine including:
  • Preventative medical care
  • Psychosocial needs Acute medical care
  • Diagnostics
  • Treatment
  • Consultation
  • Patient education
• Function independently to perform:
  • Age-appropriate history and physical patient exams
  • Engage in the above for acute and chronic illnesses.
  • Recognize critical illness and notify the appropriate entities.
• Collaborate with supervising physician as needed.
• Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments.
• Implement interventions in attempts at restoring patient’s desired physiologic status.
• Monitor effectiveness of interventions
• Make efforts to correctly diagnose common and less common ailments.
• Investigates clinical problems and offers sound medical solutions.
• Communication: Communicates effectively with other healthcare team members, patient, family members and healthcare designees
• Procedures: Performs procedures utilizing medically approved approaches and equipment appropriate to the patient's age and size
• Patient Education: Provides information and instructions at a level of understanding appropriate to the comprehension level of the patient and/or significant others.
• Actively participates in Quality Improvement activities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, walk up and down stairs, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Location: Berwyn, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Family

This FQHC opened its doors in 1989 as a bilingual, bicultural, nonprofit community health center, located in the heart of the Pilsen community. This organization operates as a FQHC through outpatient clinics with one urgent care location, three traditional outpatient clinics and three school-based clinics. Their services range from Adult & Family Medicine, Behavioral & Mental Health, Dentistry, Diabetes, Family Planning, OB/GYN & Midwifery, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, and Walk In Wellness Center.

The Nurse Practitioner provides primary health care to specified patient populations of the FQHC.  The Nurse Practitioner utilizes theories of psychosocial, developmental, educational and nursing sciences to facilitate the delivery of this health care. The Nurse Practitioner works inter-dependently with and independently of the multi-disciplinary team.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Based on protocols, standing orders, or in collaboration with a physician, arranges for necessary laboratory, radiology and/or other diagnostic tests to complete delivery of primary health care
• Works to establish and to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care
• Refers deviations from normal to the appropriate health care professional (e.g. social worker, nutritionist)
• Works to further establish advanced clinical expertise and skills within area of clinical practice
• Serves as a role model by demonstrating expertise and comprehensive knowledge in the delivery of health care to patients and their families
• Assists patients to assume responsibility for the prevention of illness, the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health by being culturally sensitive to their experience
• Advocates the primary nurse concept of patient care in a clinic setting and facilitates implementation of that role
• Assesses the learning needs of the patient population in collaboration with all members of the health care team
• Plans, provides and coordinates patient and staff education, with other members of the health care team
• Assist with the evaluation of education activities to determine their impact on the quality of care
• Recognizes self-development needs and seeks out resources or experiences which promote professional growth
• Perform other related duties as assigned