ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER ED

Job Description

Job Description

Horizon Health Advance Practice Provider for the Emergency Department- Paris, IL

Horizon Health has opportunities for full time (36 hours per week, 3-12 hour shifts 10 : 30am-11pm) Advanced Practice Provider (APP) role to join our growing Emergency Services Department in Paris, IL.

We are a rural organization that includes a critical access hospital, extensive outpatient services, and rural health clinics, but much larger in scope and size than typical rural organizations. We have advanced technology, new offerings for the communities we serve, strong specialty and primary care support, and still have the small-town approach and values that make our organization so special.

The APP will work with our Emergency Medicine Physicians to care for patients seeking Emergency Services. This role will assess, diagnose, and treat patients on an acute, urgent to emergent basis. This includes maintaining individual patient records, performing medical examinations, and prescribing medications as well as dealing with acute or specialized medical issues.

Position Requirements :

• Possess current and valid license from the Illinois Department of Professional Regulations
• Officially accredited to practice as an Advance Practice Provider
• 2-3 years of experience as an ED RN preferred.
• Meet all state requirements and obtain valid Prescriptive Authority
• Maintain currency in all state and national legal requirements to practice.
• Maintain certification in BLS, ACLS, and PALS (recommend Trauma certification)
• Competent in the use of electronic medical records and information systems in providing effective documentation of patient care.
• Ability to achieve high performance working with diverse groups of individuals and leadership in a team environment.
• Possess exceptional organizational skills, multitasking ability, and effective communication skills to ensure patients are well informed and the ED is well promoted internally and to the public.

Horizon Health is committed to caring not only for our patients, but for our staff as well. We offer an extensive total compensation and benefits package. As an employee of Horizon Health, the benefit package includes : a competitive salary, medical, dental and vision insurance, Employee 403(b) with company match once eligibility requirements are met, health savings account with company match, CME allowance, as well as Vacation, Sick and Paid Holidays.

Our Emergency Department is staffed with Board Certified Emergency Physicians. Our Family Practice has 21 physicians and providers in multiple locations, with specialist support in behavioral health, general surgery, women’s services, orthopedics, pain, dermatology, podiatry, endocrinology, wound care, urogynecology, and cardiology. Additionally, we have 13 visiting specialists that see patients in Paris each month. The hospital has a 24 / 7 hospitalist service and convenient care for patients. We have a physician and provider friendly EMR. In 2024 Horizon Health started an expansion project of our Emergency Department, acquired Willowbrook Memory Care, and invested in a state-of-the-art mammography suite

Salary range : $100K-$150K , commensurate with experience, qualifications, and the potential to contribute to the growth and success of the Emergency Department.

If you are looking to make a difference, connect with patients, join a team that feels like family, and have a work / life balance, then Horizon Health wants to meet you. Come join our team as we grow to meet the needs of the communities we serve.