Community Based Advance Practice Provider Northwest Chicago

Why Work at AbsoluteCare?

At AbsoluteCare, we serve the most vulnerable individuals in America. These are our neighbors, people who are at higher risk for disease or who have multiple, complex, chronic illnesses. Often, they deal with an unequal healthcare system and wind up seeking basic care from emergency rooms. We take these patients out of those spaces and turn them into  members : people who are entitled to some of the best, most focused care this country has to offer.

We call this care beyond medicine. We have turned the doctors office into a comprehensive care center. Here, we surround our members with a core care team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and medical assistants who have the time and skills to get to know our members needs. We make the most important services available to our members under one roof. This includes a pharmacy, X-rays, a blood lab, nutrition services, urgent care, and much more.

We dont stop at our four walls. We engage members in the communities where we all live to find the people who need us most. Through these community care teams, we remove the barriers to healthcare that so many people face daily. And it  works .

Our unique care is guided by our core values of accountability, caring, trust, and teamwork. We call it ACT

Community Based / Urgent Care Clinician provides needed primary care and urgent care in the home and Care Center.   Great focus on managing transitions of care, especially in the important and delicate time after hospital discharge.  This position adds to a members current care, collaborating with their current care providers.  The role is immensely satisfying, as you practice enhanced primary care and have the benefit of expert care management.   Seeing members in the home allows you great insight into the social factors that affect their care.  This is a tremendous opportunity to impact the care of vulnerable patients.  Provider is responsible for patient visits to manage acute onset of a new illness, acute exacerbations of chronic conditions and members needing reassurance that a trip to the ER is not a necessity.

The provider will support long term management of chronic conditions by providing a platform to discuss exacerbating factors in real time as well as potential behavioral modifications which can prevent a recurrence.

Duties and Responsibilities :

Provide on-site & home visit clinical care to include :

• Acute onset of a new illness.
• Evaluation of acute exacerbations of chronic conditions.
• Shortness of breath without chest pain, change in mental status or new onset hypoxia.
• CHF exacerbations
• Asthma / COPD exacerbations
• Bronchitis / pneumonia
• Hyperglycemia
• Elevated blood pressure
• Evaluation and treatment of a variety of infections
• New or worsening aches or pains, wounds, depression and / or anxiety.
• Members we know will go to the ER if not seen today.
• Hospital follow-ups not able to be seen by Primary Care Provider.

Ensure coordination of care to include :

Education & Experience Requirements :

Preferred qualifications :