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

The Wellness Nurse Practitioner is a member of the provider team performing a variety of direct patient services including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and monitoring of clinical management plans. They also promote wellness and provide health education to patients and their families; participate in planning programs and developing specific health policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide wellness services including nutrition, exercise counseling, and prevention services.
• Provide direct patient care to a panel of patients across the lifecycle.
• Assess, diagnose, prescribe, treat, evaluate, and monitor patients’ health status.
• Maintain patient confidentiality in all matters and provide patient with needed information.
• Attend meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences, as needed
• Promote and maintain awareness of agency programs, mission statement, services, and activities.
• Collaborate with physicians and other specialists as needed in patient care.
• Make recommendations to the Medical Director and Clinical Management staff
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Conducts daily team huddles.
• Works closely with Care Team to ensure preventive, chronic and acute care needs are being met.
• Participates in the Center’s ongoing quality improvement initiatives including meeting clinical standards, metrics for the UDS report, and health care plan goals as well as participating in peer review.

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

This CHC serves the Rock River Valley area with quality primary health care for all people in need across our eight locations. Founded in 1972, this Community Health Center is committed to providing a collaborative healthcare system that is patient-centered in all aspects, affordable and accessible, and high quality with dignity, compassion, and cultural sensitivity.

The Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner provides primary care services to children and/or adults as part of the provider team at the FQHC collaborating with licensed MD/DO physicians. Care may be provided to any program or site of the FQHC. The Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner will collaborate and consult when necessary with patients, families, FQHC support staff, other midlevel providers, OBGYN physicians as well as internal and external consultants in order to provide the appropriate high level of care. This position reports to the Women’s Health Services Department Chair.

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: Galesburg, - Specialty: Physician Assistant

About the Role:

As an APRN you will serve as a primary care provider responsible for delivering direct medical care to patients of all ages in a team-based setting. You will collaborate with physicians, nurses, behavioral health providers, and administrative staff to provide high-quality, coordinated care. This role also supports the clinical leadership and growth of the practice through quality improvement efforts and mentoring of clinical team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments, physical exams, and health screenings
• Diagnose acute and chronic conditions and develop appropriate treatment plans
• Prescribe medications, including psychotropics, and manage medication therapies
• Monitor patient progress, adjust treatment as needed, and ensure appropriate follow-up
• Refer patients to specialists or outside providers as clinically indicated
• Provide leadership and guidance to medical support staff
• Participate in quality improvement, risk management, and peer review activities
• Maintain complete and timely clinical documentation in compliance with FQHC, billing, and regulatory standards
• Participate in an on-call provider rotation as needed 
• Promote a culture of respect, compassion, and continuous learning within the clinic
• 35-40 hours per week