Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

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