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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


Keywords: Provider Healthcare, Hammond , Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare , Hanover Park, Indiana

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