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

POSITION SUMMARY:

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

Location: Bloomington, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric

FQHC is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join their multidisciplinary team of caring and quality professionals committed to making a difference in the lives of the patients they serve.

The right candidate will provide high-quality, patient-centered, and culturally sensitive psychiatric care to the medically underserved population.  Details of Position:

• Outpatient Clinic
• 40 Hours per Week
• No Weekends
• No Call Rotation
• Generous time off

Comprehensive Compensation Package:

• Guaranteed Salary 120-125K (Salary will be commensurate with experience)
• Commencement Bonus
• Robust Benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)
• CME Allowance
• Federal Malpractice Coverage (Tort Reform)
• Loan Assistance Programs

This FQHC is a 32,000 sq. ft. health center that offers Primary Care, Dental and Behavior Health. Labs and Pharmacy are located on site for patients’ convenience and compliance. State-of-the-art equipment, and group meeting rooms as well as!

About Bloomington, IL: Bloomington-Normal, IL is a safe, family-oriented community offering excellent public and private schools and many cultural opportunities. It is located 2.5 hours from Chicago and 3 hours from St. Louis, MO. The employer base is diversified, offering countless career opportunities for a trailing spouse. The twin cities are home to State Farm Insurance, COUNTRY Financial, Rivian Automotive, Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and two large elementary and secondary school districts.

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

This Community Health Center seeks a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide behavioral health care services and medication management to patients in all life cycles.

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will:

• provide mental health consultation and medication management regarding assessment and mental/behavioral health treatment options to established patients
• perform any crisis intervention, individual counseling, family counseling, advocacy that is needed for the patient
• participate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure holistic psychosocial and medical needs are met
• provide consultation and academic support to residents and attending physicians in the areas of behavioral medicine.

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

Description:

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is a vital part of the health center care team. Responsibilities focus on diagnosing, treating, and managing individuals with chronic mental illness, as measured by positive clinical outcomes and clinical quality performance indicators.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct psychiatric assessments, including MSE, psychiatric, medical, and social history
• Establish DSM V TR diagnoses
• Order, review, and direct appropriate follow-through of laboratory and diagnostic testing.
• Formulates and directs the plan of care
• Refer patients to appropriate levels of care, as indicated
• Prescribe and administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications, as indicated
• Prepare and submit case reports when appropriate
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to optimize patient treatment
• Participate in continuing education and professional growth
• Provide timely and clinically appropriate care to patients
• Complete documentation immediately, or within 72 hours, following the patient visit, including applying appropriate billing codes and modifiers where indicated
• Participate in after-hours call rotation
• Adhere to approved Hamdard Healthcare treatment protocols
• Utilize printed health education materials as appropriate, and document all instructions given
• Consider the health literacy of patients and provide culturally sensitive verbal and written education
• Participate in the orientation and training of staff as needed
• Submit incident reports according to the organization's policy when indicated
• Strive to meet patient visit productivity goals
• Collaborate with health center staff to coordinate the delivery of case management services.
• Adhere to the organization’s mission-based approach “to promote physical and emotional health and psychological well-being of individuals and families by offering hope, health, and healing.”
• Supports and participates in Outreach/ Development/ and Strategy initiatives as needed.

Location: Elgin, IL - Specialty: Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health

The center is a humanitarian, not-for-profit organization based on the concept that each individual has the right to quality health care and is to be treated with dignity. They have been at the forefront of health services in the Fox Valley area since 1918, bringing exceptional nurse-centered care wherever it's needed. They are part of the National Health Service Corps and offer exceptional healthcare delivered in homes, clinics and community settings with extensive programs and services. With a staff of over 250 they serve 90,000 patients annually, providing primary care at the FQHC sites. Position is Full Time.

Description:

Under collaborative agreement with a VNA Health Center physician, provides comprehensive medical evaluation, education and management for clients throughout the life cycle that present for routine preventive, acute and chronic disease health care services at the VNA Health Center clinic sites. 

Primary Functions:     

1. Assesses and interprets medical and psycho-social histories; performs physical examinations (including gynecological and breast examination as appropriate); identifies problems; formulates a plan of treatment, provides education and referral (as indicated); and evaluates effectiveness of treatment, education and/or referral.
2. Consults with or refers clients with abnormal conditions or other medical, psychological or social problems to the collaborating physician or other appropriate referral source when indicated.
3. Orders may perform and interprets the results of laboratory tests as part of the physical examination and health management. Reports communicable disease in a timely manner to the appropriate Health Dept. per applicable procedures and guidelines.
4. Conception and contraception management per applicable protocols and state and federal family planning program guidelines for women presenting for family planning services. This partially includes as indicated: confidential family planning services for adolescents; pregnancy testing and options counseling; provision of emergency contraception; and consideration of all FDA approved contraceptive methods for women seeking contraception.
5. Conducts health teaching and counseling during the physical exam, as appropriate, enabling the client to make informed choices about health and treatment options.
6. Completes client clinical record documentation in a timely manner specific to the clinical services provided, according to applicable policies and procedures.
7. Applies exposure control procedures as described in the Infection control policy and Procedure Manual.
8. Understands the medical emergency procedures and is familiar with the location of the emergency kit(s)/supplies in all clinic settings.
9. Maintains professionalism and adheres to client confidentiality in all VNA Health Center practices.
10. Participates in quality improvement activities, including, but not limited to periodic clinic observation of clinical/lab skills by the medical director or designee; chart audits; outcome studies; client satisfaction surveys; clinic flow analysis; proficiency testing for CLIA; and quality management reporting.

Location: Monmouth, IL - Specialty: Physician Assistant

Position Description

The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner (PA-NP) is responsible for managing total patient care in an outpatient setting. This role requires clinical expertise, strong diagnostic and treatment skills, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality healthcare services to the community.

Scope of Work Responsibilities

• Elicit and record accurate health histories.
• Perform complete physical assessments of appropriate body systems utilizing mechanical methods and instruments including, but not limited to, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, anoscope, stethoscope, and speculum.
• Interpret laboratory and X-ray results. Assess social, cultural, and family history.
• Utilize written medical protocols and/or consult with collaborating physician to plan medical and nursing therapies.
• Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings; initiates treatment and/or refers patients to specialists as required.
• Conduct screening for communicable diseases; provide follow-up assessment, documentation, evaluation, and reporting as needed.
• Train, supervise, and teach other staff members directly assisting PA or NP.
• Provide community education as requested.
• Perform short-term patient counseling and/or refer to appropriate counseling services.
• Participate in continuing education and in-service programs.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Support the ongoing
• Performance Improvement/Risk Management program to maintain and improve quality of patient care. 
• Participate in FQHC committees when requested.
• Provide after-hours call per shared schedule and document calls in patient records.
• Provide Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR) services.

Site Work Location Each employee has a primary work site(s) to which he/she is assigned. The FQHC operates multiple sites; therefore, employees may be asked to work at other sites as needed. Administrative employees and contracted service providers may work from home as agreed upon in their contract.

Employee Expectations

Employees of the FQHC are expected to support the mission and uphold the core values by striving for continuous quality improvement; respecting and honoring psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural beliefs of patients, clients, community members, and colleagues; acting ethically in all job duties; demonstrating team spirit; and providing exemplary customer service in all interactions.

FQHC employees must abide by the Code of Conduct, building great relationships standards, corporate compliance (including HIPAA and corporate integrity), safe work practices, and privacy rules related to patient, employee, and volunteer information.

Work Environment

This position is performed in a health center setting with moderate noise levels in a moderately paced environment. Frequent patient or client contact occurs both in person and via telephone. The employee will collaborate with other FQHC departments to deliver optimal service and meet health center goals.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Physician Assistant

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 PA, 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: Champaign, IL - Specialty: Physician Assistant

Making a difference in the lives of vulnerable patients this FQHC is a community health center in Champaign, Illinois. We are seeking an experienced (2 years minimum) Advanced Practice Clinician to provide care across the lifespan. Certification as a Physician Assistant and completion of required Physician Assistant Program or MSN or higher degree and certification as a Nurse Practitioner. Must be currently licensed to practice in the State of Illinois or eligible for license in Illinois. DEA required.

As a part of a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare providers, the PA will work collaboratively across all departments to remove barriers for accessing healthcare, incorporating standard medical practices and health center policies into their clinical practice to provide quality care commensurate with training and licensure. Care delivered includes comprehensive health wellness, preventive and medical care to multicultural, multilingual patients

This Community Health Center began as a volunteer-staffed health center, created in the 1960's to address the issue of high infant mortality in the African-American community. It has since transformed into a health center with staff physicians dedicated to providing primary health care to the underserved in our community. In 2006, the CHC moved to its current location on Bloomington Road in Champaign. In 2011, a Dental Center opened in the same location.

This organization provides over 40,000 patient visits and cares for over 11,500 patients annually. The health center is a family practice clinic and delivers integrated care, with on-site mental health counselors, psychiatrists, and a dental clinic. Patients are supported for social service needs. The health center has a great referring relationship with providers in the community, which provides our patients great access to specialty care.

Position is 40 hours/week.

Location: Joliet, IL - Specialty: Physician Assistant

This candidate will oversee and manage clinical operations for the Care Clinic at the Community Health Center. Performs clinical nursing functions for the Care Clinic and Infectious Disease provider. Oversees Ryan White grant program and operations. Coordinates quality assurance and improvement initiatives as they relate to infectious disease control.

Location: Lagrange/Summit, IL - Specialty: Physician Assistant

The Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant works under the direct supervision of the Chief Medical/Population Health Officer, who is also the collaborating physician. FNP/PA completes all the duties associated with their clinical license and manages patient care in accordance with the professional guidelines of the FQHC. This position is unique as it is a collaborative position between the FQHC in LaGrange and in Summit. The objective is to optimize health for those adults experiencing housing insecurity by improving access to primary care FNP/PA will spend 50% of their time providing medical assessment and care in a clinical location at the Summit, which is a dedicated location for individuals experiencing homelessness, and 50% at the FQHC in La Grange.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Patient Care

• Provides general medical care and treatment to patients under the direction of a physician and as dictated by their Illinois Clinical License and PCH policies and procedures
• Provides primary patient health assessment.
• Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions of physicians to diagnose and treat acute, chronic, and long-term health issues of patients.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient’s clinical problems and health care needs.
• Prescribes or recommends medication or other forms of medical treatment such as therapeutic procedures.

Case Management

• May refer patients to physicians for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.
• Coordinates patient treatment, management and planning with the clinical staff and physician to provide continuity of care, including assistance with referrals to other agencies and health care providers.
• Submits health care plan and goals of individual patients for periodic review and evaluation by physician.
• Provides telephone support to patients, physicians hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care providers.

Patient Records

• Responsible for documentation of patient care; records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient’s condition.
• Maintains patient information and confidentiality in accordance with applicable laws and PCH policies.

Patient Education

• Provides education to patients and/or their families about preventive care, medical issues and the use of prescribed medication and treatments.
• Promotes patient health through Health Center programs

Clinical Quality Performance

• Assists in the compilation of statistical data and patient outcomes for agency needs, as requested. Participates in FQHC quality performance programs
• Attend all meetings as required Helps to maintain safe and clean patient care environment
• Completes encounter requirements as established by HRSA (Health Resource & Service Administration) for FQHC’s (Federally Qualified Health Centers)
• Adheres to OSHA guidelines for safe work environment

Professional and Staff Development

• Participates in clinical staff meetings and updates on patient care management
• Works with students and interns to provide evaluation and care to patients
• Participates in continuing professional development to keep informed of clinical practices and assimilates this knowledge into clinical practice

Other

• Maintains compliance with health center immunization requirements
• Performs other duties as assigne