Urgent Care - Advanced Practice Provider

Urgent Care – Advanced Practice Provider

Rush North & Harlem Outpatient Center

Chicago, IL

The Emergency Department at the Rush Urgent Care Clinic – North & Harlem, associated with Rush University Medical Center of Chicago and Rush Oak Park Hospital, invites applications for the position of Urgent Care Advanced Practice Provider.

• Exciting opportunity to join a growing team in our newly constructed three-story facility, ~60,000 sq ft building with ~90 exam, consult, and procedure rooms, plus imaging, specialty services, and outpatient care.
• Conveniently located at 1625 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL, we are situated just north of the intersection of Harlem Avenue & North Avenue, on a border region where Chicago meets the suburbs of Oak Park, Elmwood Park, and River Forest.
• Affiliation with Rush University Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital allows for smooth transfers of patients requiring advanced care.
• Collaborative team of 4 Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) at the North & Harlem site working together in a supportive, patient-focused environment. Additionally, there are another 4 APPs at the River North site with opportunities to collaborate and work moonlighting shifts between sites.
• Hours of operation:
  Monday–Sunday, 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. with last registration of patients at 6:30pm if queue of patients is long.
• Excellent career growth potential within a respected and expanding health system and a positive, team-oriented culture dedicated to delivering outstanding care.

3+ years of APP experience in Urgent Care/Primary Care/Emergency Department settings.

is a licensed physician assistant (PA) or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who functions as a member of the health care team to provide high quality, comprehensive acute and/or routine medical/surgical care of Rush patients within the scope of practice granted in accordance with the Rush University Medical Center medical staff bylaws. The APP will promote collaboration between multiple disciplines to ensure cost effective and quality patient care.

The individual who holds this position will exemplify the Rush mission, vision and values and act in accordance with the policies, procedures, guidelines of Rush, including the Rush Medical Group Customer Service standards. Successful candidates will also meet all other state and federal regulatory practice and accreditation standards.

Rush has over 400 APPs across the enterprise that provide comprehensive patient care each day autonomously and in collaboration with other members of the health care team. With a Director of Advanced Practice and 34 Lead APPs across the system, Rush’s vision is to have every APP practicing at full scope and top of license. APPs at Rush are highly competent, well-respected members of the healthcare team that contribute to the excellent quality care that Rush patients receive each day.

Rush University System for Health is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships. The Rush system includes Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities.

Rush University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, and the College of Health Sciences.

We’re passionate about health equity: for the communities we serve, for our patients and for our employees. We know that the South and West Sides of Chicago have historically been underserved. As a result, there is a 16-year gap in the life expectancy of someone in Chicago’s Loop versus someone in Chicago’s West Side. As the largest employer on Chicago’s West Side, we take it seriously that our institution can change this.

Rush has built a strong Office of Community Health Equity and Engagement, and we founded the RUSH BMO Institute of Health Equity. As part of our Anchor Mission strategy, we hire, invest, buy and…