Physician Assistant OR Nurse Practitioner - OBGyn - Mokena - Experience Strongly Preferred

Advocate Health•Mokena, IL

10d•$55 - $82

About The Position

Advocate Health is hiring a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner for its Obstetrics/Gynecology department in Mokena. The role provides clinical care, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, patient counseling, and management of conditions. The clinician works within their scope of practice as part of an interdisciplinary team, consults or refers patients when appropriate, and escalates cases requiring urgent or specialized care. The position also includes performing OB-GYN procedures and maintaining complete, timely electronic medical records and compliant coding and billing documentation. The clinician supports coordinated communication among care-team members and health or community agencies, participates in quality and safety activities, peer review, meetings, committees, and workgroups, and may assist with education and onboarding. The role requires maintaining clinical skills and meeting productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality standards. Care must be appropriate to patients’ ages and developmental needs. This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week. The clinician is required to travel between two sites and work one to two Saturdays per month. The listed pay range is $54.90–$82.35.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing.
Active RN and APRN/APRN-FPA/APNP or other applicable APRN license(s) in the state(s) of practice.
Active national board certification in the area of clinical practice and populations served.
Active DEA registration before hire.
For Illinois practice, an active Illinois Controlled Substance License before hire.
Active BLS and/or ACLS, PALS, or NRP certification as required by clinical practice, before hire or within six months of hire.
Demonstrated high level of clinical proficiency and excellent decision-making skills.
Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a healthcare team.
Ability to adapt to evolving technology and proficiency with electronic medical records.
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively and build relationships.
Organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, and twist continuously throughout the workday.
Functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds from floor to waist and up to 20 pounds overhead, carry up to 40 pounds a reasonable distance, and operate necessary equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience is strongly preferred in the job title, but the posting states that no experience is required.

Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, and establish or modify treatment and management plans based on patients’ age, acuity, and clinical condition.
Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic studies and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies.
Manage conditions using clinical indications, evidence-based care, cost-effectiveness, and assessment of risks, benefits, and alternatives.
Provide patients and families with health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management counseling and education.
Manage patients within scope of practice as part of an interdisciplinary team; consult or refer to physicians and other healthcare professionals and escalate cases when needed.
Maintain accurate, complete, concise, and timely electronic medical records and submit professional services in accordance with compliant coding and billing practices.
Coordinate care and communication among healthcare team members and relevant health or community agencies.
Perform office or hospital procedures consistent with specialty practice, competency, and applicable privileges, including OB-GYN procedures.
Participate in quality, safety, peer review, performance, organizational, and departmental activities, meetings, committees, and workgroups as needed.
Participate in education or onboarding of new team members, students, and other healthcare professionals.
Maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and contribute to advancement of the profession.
Meet productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to support safe, timely patient care.
Travel between the two sites and work one to two Saturdays per month.
Provide care appropriate to patients’ ages and developmental needs.

Benefits

Paid time off programs.
Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent-care expenses.
Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
Educational Assistance Program.
Potential premium pay, such as shift or on-call pay, based on the role.
Incentive pay for select positions.
Opportunity for annual performance-based increases.
Career development programs.