Nurse-Midwife - ACCESS Humboldt and Austin

ACHN•Chicago, IL

17d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Part-time (0.6 FTE) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)/Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM). The position summary outlines the full scope of services expected, including diagnosis, treatment, care coordination, preventive care, and electronic health record (EHR) maintenance, all while adhering to Access Community Health Network's guidelines for quality management, risk management, infection control, customer service, and safety programs.

Requirements

Board Certification is required.
Current licensure in the State of Illinois, DEA, Controlled Substance and maintain CME requirements.
Knowledge of applicable rules, regulations and standards relative to quality assurance, safety and infection control required.
Electronic Health Records competency.

Nice To Haves

Minimum two (2) years of working experience in the practice of primary care medicine in an outpatient setting preferred.
EPIC knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

Obtains health history and perform physical examinations.
Diagnoses, treats, counsels, and coordinate care for each patient.
Reviews and update problem list and longitudinal plan of care at every visit.
Meets documentation standards and completes all progress notes within 24 hours following the patient visit.
Fulfills on-call responsibilities in accordance with the schedule developed by ACCESS and responds to calls within 20 minutes.
Prescribes medication in accordance with Illinois statute and professional practice guidelines.
Performs all duties in conformity with the quality standards and clinical guideline established by ACCESS.
Meets Meaningful Use standards.
Manages EHR In-Basket, transfers In-Basket responsibilities to colleagues when appropriate, and responds to messages (e.g. lab results, refills, patient calls, patient messages, co-sign orders, co-sign charts, and open charts) within 72 hours.
Provides culturally competent care.
Recognizes patients’ families as an integral part of patients’ care teams.
Ensures that patients’ and families’ needs are met, and clinic policy is followed through.
Encourage patients and families to voice questions and/or concerns.
Works with patients and their families as appropriate to encourage care self-management.
Conducts patient education activities, including pre and post instruction exams and procedures, instructions related to illness and treatment, and reinforcement of provider’s follow-up instructions.
Utilizes printed health education materials as appropriate and document all instructions given; while giving consideration to an individual varying level of understanding and adjusts level of presentation to ensure the patient is knowledgeable of medical condition and plan of care.
Works with care team and case management to provide for coordinated delivery of case management services.
Ensures patients presenting with greater acuity than what is clinically appropriate within the health center are transferred appropriately.
Meets intensity of service and/or severity of illness admission criteria.
Coordinates with health center staff at all levels to ensure patient needs are met.
Participates in health center huddles and meets scheduled health center times and productivity standards.
Assures patients are seen in a timely and clinically appropriate manner and involves health center employees including medical assistants and front desk staff in this process.
Assures care teams properly carry out effective treatment, education and performs clinical tasks in accordance with acceptable policy and procedure.
Participates in the orientation and training of staff as needed.
Ensures care team meets internal certification requirements for patient education and the administration of medication.
Participates in proficiency testing as required by ACCESS to ensure that proper standards of care are being maintained.
May function as a preceptor in teaching programs including medical residents, medical students, advance practice nurse students as well as other allied health professions.
Adheres to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) regulations.
Other duties as assigned.