Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Company: Provider Healthcare
Location: Hanover Park
Posted on: October 24, 2024

Job Description:

Job Type: Full Time, 40 hours per week
Schedule: 4x10 or M-F, Weekends as needed
Pay: Starts at $97,000 and increases with experience

An outpatient clinic in the northwestern Chicago surburb of Hanover Park is looking to fill a Family Nurse Practitioner role. The clinic provides primary care for pediatric, OB/GYN, and family practice patients.

Responsibilities

• Make, evaluate, and record medical histories.
• Perform physical examinations required to evaluate medical problems.
• Perform health maintenance for well patients, including administering or supervising immunizations.
• Treat problems within the scope of competence and exercise judgment on problems requiring consultation, referral, or evaluation.
• Manage illnesses
• Collect specimens for pathological examinations
• Prescribe medication as determined by the formulary and best practice
• Counsel patients on medical problems, use of medications, expected effects of treatments, diet, and other health maintenance matters.
• Counsel family planning, including prescribing of oral contraceptives
• Manage behavioral or psychosocial problems including crisis intervention and short-term individual and family counseling
• Order and interpret appropriate laboratory studies, x-rays, electrocardiograms, and other special examinations
• Analyze and interpret data, formulate diagnoses and problem lists, and establish plans for the management of health problems
• Initiate consultation requests to specialists and other health professionals including physical therapists, occupational therapists and dietitians
• Participate, record, respond and acknowledge the On-Call phone system
• Participate and perform all skills and duties for the hospital rounding schedule (refer to Employment Agreement)
• Maintain all CME (continuing medical education) required
• Have a method of transportation to travel when requested Requirements
  • Nursing License Required
  • Active Nurse Practitioner License
  • Active Board Certification
  • Active BLS Certification
  • Five or more y ears of APN experience (p referred)
    
  • Spanish fluency (preferred)Benefits
    
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental insurance
    • Disability insurance
    • Flexible schedule
    • Life insurance
    • Loan repayment program
    • Malpractice Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • PTO
    • Unpaid Time Off
    • Holiday Pay
      
      
      

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