Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; APRN - Part-Time

Overview

Our Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) serve our community through providing direct clinical care of clients, including ordering of lab tests, counseling of patients, developing treatment plans and prescribing medication (within the scope of their education and certification of the collaborative agreement with their collaborating physician).

Salary determined based on qualifications and experience.

Scheduled

Hours:

20 hours per week

• Works with staff, as a team, to provide high quality care to our patients by identifying and assessing health concerns, examines the patient based on the health concern, and creating a plan specific to the patient needs.

• Develops and maintains an awareness of the Chronic Care Model Processes in order to reduce health disparities within our communities.

• Provides clinical consultation to other staff members and supervision of staff and students as assigned.

• Demonstrates adherence to National Patient Safety Goals and plan.

• Participates in quality improvement activities to assess, monitor and improve program services as well as mandatory in-services and drills, attends staff meetings and other training, including appropriate age specific educational trainings offered on a regular basis for professional development.

• Graduate of Master’s Degree or higher in Nursing and national certification as Nurse Practitioner:

  • ANCC
  • AANP
  • AMCB
  • NCCC
  • NAPNAP

• Current Illinois licensure as a Registered Nurse

• Current Illinois licensure as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse – Full
  Practice Authority.

• Will apply for APRN-FPA within 6 months of becoming eligible based on state requirements.

• State of Illinois Controlled Substance License

• Ability to maintain and keep records in EHR system.

As the largest human service provider in Lake County, we believe that services must be available without barriers. No residents are turned away due to the inability to pay. We believe in providing services in an environment of mutual respect, free of discrimination or bias. Whether assuring accessible and effective care, impacting policy, or assessing and monitoring risks, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has been an essential part of the public health system in Lake County for 60 years.

We are looking for passionate, qualified team members who can help make a difference in our agency and, most importantly, in our community.

Additional information about the Lake County Health Department, our culture, and why you should join our team can be found at https://la

At this time, you must live in Illinois or Wisconsin to be eligible to work at Lake County Health Department. You can find our salary grades at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). For unionized positions, a list of our collective bargaining agreements can be found here: https://.

Any offer of employment is conditioned on the successful completion of a background screening, drug and alcohol testing and may include a pre-employment medical exam.

The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.