Location: Centreville, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

This role involves providing high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to a diverse patient population within and outpatient setting. The physician will work in collaborative environment with other healthcare providers to deliver accessible, patient-centered, and compassionate car. This role includes direct patient care, health education, and supporting the organization’s community health initiatives and preventive care efforts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide direct clinical care to a diverse patient panel in an outpatient clinic setting, managing a wide range of health conditions including acute and chronic diseases.
• Perform comprehensive health assessments, including physical exams, diagnostic tests, and the development of treatment plans.
• Prescribe medications, administer immunizations, and monitor ongoing care for patients with acute and chronic health conditions.
• Provide preventative care services, including health screenings, wellness checks, and chronic diseases management.
• Collaborate with other healthcare providers, including specialists, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, and nurses to ensure comprehensive patient care and to coordinate referrals for specialized care as needed.
• Deliver culturally sensitive care, considering social determinants of health, and provide services to underserved and vulnerable populations.
• Participate in community outreach efforts, providing health education and promoting disease prevention and awareness within the local community. Attend all relevant clinical department meetings, pertinent health care facility site meetings, and any additional meetings that may arise, necessitating the provider's participation.
• Document all patient encounters accurately and timely in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Ensure compliance with healthcare policies, procedures, and regulations, including FQHC-specific guidelines, and advancements in internal medicine.
• Act as a role model for professionalism and effective communication within the healthcare team.
• Adhere to confidentiality guidelines regarding patient information and organizational protocols.
• Comply with applicable laws and regulations related to collaborative agreements and licensure.
• Comply with Healthcare policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Location: Niles, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

This Community Health Center seeks a Family Medicine Physician who will provide high quality medical care to our patients in a culturally-sensitive and linguistically diverse environment.

Our patient population is an incredibly diverse group of people including many immigrants and refugees. We serve people from 55 different countries, and in more than 25 different languages, including multiple Asian, African and European languages. All of our highly-trained providers are bilingual and speak a variety of languages which allows patients access to a provider who can speak their language.

This CHC was incorporated in 2001 as an independent not-for-profit to increase access to primary care for underserved communities on Chicago’s north side. The organization grew from its humble beginnings and opened its doors as a full-time Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) on March 1, 2004 in the West Ridge neighborhood.

Bilingual proficiency in Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, or Gujarati is preferred but not required.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

This Community Health Center seeks a Spanish-speaking Family Medicine Physician to provide primary care services to patients in all life cycles in a medical home model. The Family Medicine Physician will prevent disease, help patients learn about healthy choices, and treat disease and illness.

This CHC primarily serves the Chicago communities of Austin, Belmont-Cragin, Dunning, East Garfield Park, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Montclare, New City, North Lawndale, Portage Park, West Garfield Park, West Town, and the near west suburbs of Berwyn, Cicero, Maywood, Melrose Park, and Oak Park.

This CHC began in 1980 as the Parent Child Center, a three-room clinic at West Suburban Medical Center that offered prenatal, postpartum, and infant care for underserved residents of Chicago’s Austin community. In 1992, this CHC attained the status of a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) look-alike in 1994 and received full FQHC recognition in 2002. Since then, we have grown to encompass thirteen health centers, serving West Side Chicago and the near west suburbs. 

Most of our sites are family health centers, offering a full range of services for all ages. We also operate a medical clinic inside a respite shelter for people who are homeless, a school-based health center in Belmont-Cragin, a community farm in Austin, and northern Illinois’ only freestanding birth center, in Berwyn.

Location: Marion, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

This Community Health Center seeks a Family Medicine Physician to be a part of our commitment to improving the health of southern Illinois.

Join Southern Illinois’ leading healthcare organization, with 12 health centers and 350 team members who believe that in taking care of each other and our patients and clients, we create new opportunities for success and bring big dreams to life. Our non-profit corporation is wholly committed to being an integral part of the communities which we serve and do whatever it takes to improve the health of our neighbors and friends.

The Family Medicine Physician will:

• provide comprehensive care to patients of all ages
• connect patients to support services such as behavioral health, nutrition education, enrollment assistance, family support through home visiting programs, and other services
• collaborate and coordinate care with our multidisciplinary team to ensure wraparound care for patients

40 hours per week/32 hours clinical/8 hours administrative

Admitting Hospital: Southern Illinois Healthcare

Location: Rockford, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Family Practitioner is a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine who provides primary care services to children and adults as part of the provider team at the FQHC.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This will include but is not limited to:

1. Accountable for demonstrating the qualities outlined in the “Customer Service Standards of Excellence” program when interacting with patients, their families and friends, and fellow employees.
2. Understand and comply with the Mission Statement and Vision Statement of the FQHC.
3. Provide care and establish within the medical record problem lists, medication lists and records deemed necessary to longitudinally follow the patient. Care may be provided to any program or site of the FQHC.
4. Collaborate and consult when necessary with patients, families, support staff, midlevel providers, internal and external consultants in order to provide the appropriate high level care.
5. Hospitalize, participate in regular call coverage and provide needed in hospital care for all patients needing these services.
6. Assume responsibility of patient continuity of care.
7. Participate in health promotion and disease prevention activities for all patients.
8. Collaborate and mentor mid-level providers.
9. Participate in quality improvement and assurance activities.
10. Attend mandatory staff meetings and in-services.
11. Complete records to the detail deemed necessary by regulatory agencies and in a timely fashion.
12. Attend and participate in FQHC Community Health activities.
13. Embrace and support health care change.
14. Aid in the construction of a collaborative work environment.
15. Maintains an adequate amount of continued medical education credits to meet licensure, hospital medical staff, health plan and sill sets necessary to provide a high level of care to patients.
16. Other duties as assigned by the CEO or CMO or his/her designee to meet the goal of providing excellent health care.
17. To strictly adhere to the FQHC Community Health Policies.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

Position Summary – Family/Internal Medicine Physician:  Provide the full scope of services which fall under provider’s field of training, including but not limited to diagnosis, treatment, coordination of care, preventive care, and electronic health record (EHR) maintenance, while following guidelines contained within the quality management, risk management, infection control, customer service and safety programs.

Clinical and Operational Responsibilities General Clinical

• 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 and responds to calls within 20 minutes.
• Prescribe medication in accordance with Illinois statute and professional practice guidelines.
• Performs all duties in conformity with the quality standards and clinical guideline established by the FQHC. 
• Meets Meaningful Use standards which is defined as using certified EHR technology to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities, engage patients and families in their health care, improve care coordination, improve population and public health; all the while maintaining privacy and security.
• 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

Patient Support and Education

• 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

Provider Development

• 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 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

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

This Community Health Center seeks a Family Medicine Physician to provide a continuum of care that connects patients to health care resources both within and beyond the walls of our 35 federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs).

This Community Health Center is at the forefront of expanding access to affordable, comprehensive healthcare. We understand that we must continually work to evolve our thinking around patient care. As a community health care leader, we know that regardless of all the resources and advancements in medicine today, patient engagement is the most critical element in improving health outcomes. To achieve this outcome, we innovate and develop better practices to improve our care delivery model. To continue successfully down this path, we search for candidates who share our values and goals. 

The Family Medicine Physician will:

• provide outstanding, patient-centered primary and preventive care to patients of all ages

• work with a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives, and other providers, along with outreach staff, case managers, social workers and substance abuse counselors to advance a continuum of care

• exhibit a positive attitude during daily activities and foster a positive work environment for the entire team

• may function as a preceptor in teaching programs including medical residents, medical students, and advance practice nurse students, as well as other allied health professions. 

40 hours per week: 36 Clinical and 4 Administrative

Locations Available:  Multiple

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Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

Family Medicine Physician & Preceptor/Teaching position. Position Summary: Provide the full scope of services which fall under provider’s field of training, including but not limited to diagnosis, treatment, coordination of care, preventive care, and electronic health record (EHR) maintenance, while following guidelines contained within the quality management, risk management, infection control, customer service and safety programs. 

Clinical and Operational Responsibilities General Clinical

• 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 and responds to calls within 20 minutes.
• Prescribe medication in accordance with Illinois statute and professional practice guidelines.
• Performs all duties in conformity with the quality standards and clinical guideline established by the FQHC. 
• Meets Meaningful Use standards which is defined as using certified EHR technology to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities, engage patients and families in their health care, improve care coordination, improve population and public health; all the while maintaining privacy and security.
• 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

Patient Support and Education: 

• 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

Provider Development

• 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 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

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

As a Family Medicine Physician, you will provide comprehensive primary care to patients of all ages, ensuring their physical and emotional well-being. You will be a critical part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering care that spans prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, with a focus on addressing health disparities in our community. You will also play a key role in community health initiatives aimed at improving overall well-being through outreach and education.

Location: Chicago, IL - Specialty: Family Medicine, General

The Physician, Family Medicine provides primary health care services, emphasizing the prevention and treatment of disease. S/he is a licensed professional prepared in a specialty residency program who manages actual and potential health problems based on the area of specialty. The health conditions include common, complex and/or advanced diseases needing intensive medical supervision of the prescribed treatment plan. S/he practices independently and, as needed, collaborates with nurse practitioners or supervises physician assistants, and other health care providers. S/he is ultimately responsible for the delivery of medical care within the legal parameters established by the Illinois Medical Practice Act.