Certified Nurse Practitioner - SMS

Participate as a full time advanced practice provider in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine supporting the ambulatory outpatient practice. This position is ON SITE only.

• Assist in the delivery of medical services to patients seen in the clinic, under medical direction and supervision of full-time faculty physician(s).
• Manage individual patient care including:
• Perform health status assessment by obtaining medical history and performing physical examination
• Order and interpret diagnostic studies.
• Develop and implement treatment plan
• Perform other diagnostic, therapeutic or corrective measures as necessary.
• Schedule patients for ancillary services as needed and follow-up with patients afterwards.
• Provide patient education and counseling to patients and their families.
• Communicate with the physicians, providing a summary of the clinical data anddiscussing further evaluation and therapy patients as needed.
• Maintain complete and accurate records of all care provided.
• Submit billing information.
• Assist in quality assurance audits and responses.

• Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Received passing score on national certifying exam recognized by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
• Ability to be licensed in the State of Illinois as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Sensitive to the needs of underrepresented minority populations.
• Experience providing services to multicultural populations.
• Experience dealing with underrepresented minority populations.

• Two or more years of experience.