Nursing Jobs in Glencoe, IL
$99,000 - $166,000 / year
About this role: As a Clinical Manager with Fresenius Medical Care, you will ensure that quality patient care is delivered while maintaining clinical operations. As the facility leader, you will be part of a close-knit, collaborative team responsible for delivering unique care plans and providing dialysis treatment to patients facing end stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease. Training and advancement: You will enter our Clinical Leadership Program that creates and supports a culture of continuous learning for our managers. The curriculum will cover onboarding, essential functions, leading your business, and advanced leadership. As a Clinical Manager, you may advance your career into an Area Team Lead or Director of Operations role. Our culture: We believe our employees are our most important asset — we value, care about, and support our people. We are there when you may need us most, from tuition reimbursement to support your education goals, granting scholarships to family members, delivering relief when natural disasters strike, or providing financial support when personal hardship hits, we take care of our people. Our focus on diversity: We have built a nurturing environment that welcomes every age, race, gender, sexual orientation, background, and cultural tradition. We have a diverse range of employee resource groups (ERGs) to encourage employees with similar interests, goals, social and cultural backgrounds, or experiences to come together for professional and personal development, discussion, activities, and peer support. Our diverse workforce and culture encourage opportunity, equity, and inclusion for all, which is a tremendous asset that sets us apart. At Fresenius Medical Care, you will truly make a difference in the lives of people living with kidney disease. If this sounds like the career and company you have been looking for, and you want to be a vital part of the future of healthcare, apply today. PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Manage and oversee the daily operations of the facility, ensuring cost-effective facility operations in accordance with all legal, compliance and regulatory requirements and programs. Collaborates with the Medical Director and the Clinical Manager/Charge Nurse regarding the provision of quality patient care in the dialysis facility incorporating all activities from admission through to discharge. As the clinic leader, has the authority to make daily decisions to ensure the appropriate continuity of care and patient and staff safety. Markets available services through presentations to physicians and dialysis facilities. You will ensure that quality patient care is delivered while maintaining clinical operations. As the facility leader, you will be part of a close-knit, collaborative team responsible for delivering unique care plans and providing dialysis treatment to patients facing end stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease. PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Clinic Operations: • Provides leadership, coaching, and development plans for all direct reports. • Partners with internal Human Resources, Quality, Education, and Technical Services departments. • Collaborates with the Home Therapies Program Manager to oversee the facility’s Home Therapies Program. • Maintains integrity of medical and operations records and complies with all data collections and auditing activities. • Accountable for completion of the Internal Classification of Disease (ICD) coding. • Responsible for all required network reporting and on-site state or federal surveys. • Manages the tactical execution of short- and long-term objectives through the coordination of activities with a direct responsibility for results, including costs, methods, and staffing. • Responsible for the administration of the daily business operations of the dialysis clinics including managing the functions and actions related to the center staff, quality of overall provision of patient care, maintenance of the physical plant and center equipment, and inventory control. • Manages the profit and loss and other related financial aspects for the center, ensuring optimal facility operations to achieve or exceed the budget and key performance indicators. Patient Care: • Coordinates all aspects of patient care with the appropriate staff members, from admission through discharge of the patient. • Acts as a resource for the patient and family to address concerns and questions. • Oversee the timely completion of patient care assessments and care plans. • Manages timely patient schedules to ensure facility efficiency and develop action plans for missed treatments. • Reports changes in patient status regarding any clinical, insurance, or travel and transportation issues. Staff: • Participates in the selection and hiring of new team members and ensures completion of new hiring orientation and mandatory training. • Responsible for all patient care employees completing appropriate training courses and that licensures/certifications are current. • Provides support for all clinical staff members at regular intervals and encourages professional growth. • Maintains current knowledge regarding company benefits, policies, procedures, and processes. • Obtains clinical feedback for employee evaluations and establishes annual goals and conducts employee evaluations. • Documents any disciplinary actions and confers with the clinic Director of Operations and Human Resources when needed. • Manages staff scheduling and payroll. Physicians: • Facilitates the application process for physician privileges and compliance with Fresenius Medical Care Medical Staff By-Laws. • Responsible for strong physician relationships and ensures regular and effective communication. • Participates in Governing Body, an interdisciplinary team for each region including MDs, DOs etc. that governs policies. Other: • Collaborates closely with, providing oversight as needed to, the Clinical Manager/Charge RN acting as nurse manager, the Medical Director, and the physicians regarding the direct patient care responsibilities within the facility to ensure the provision of outstanding quality of patient care, as defined by the FMS quality goals, and compliance with the pertinent company policies and procedures. Collaboration activities include: • Coordinating all aspects of patient care from admission through discharge of the patient. • Addressing patient concerns, issues, and questions including the review of patient satisfaction surveys. • Developing and communicating efficient and timely patient schedules to ensure maximization of facility efficiency. • Assisting as needed with patient workflow. • Implementing and maintaining a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Process and Quality Assessment and Improvement Program (QAPI) Improvement Team that involves staff and pertinent physicians in problem solving activities meeting on a regular basis to address identified issues. • Continually review Center operations to ensure compliance with Federal and State laws. • Develops and maintains strong Medical Director and physician relationships, facilitating staff relationships with physicians, and ensuring regular and effective communication with all physicians including participating in regular meetings with Medical Directors. • Supports and drives FMS quality standards through meeting regulatory requirements and the practice of CQI, including the use of the appropriate company CQI tools. • Works with the Charge RN and Medical Director to implement FMS quality FKC goals and develop facility specific action plans to achieve FMS quality standards. • Oversees and monitors the provision of the appropriate training according to FMS policy to ensure ongoing compliance with all company and FMS risk management initiatives. • Collaborates with the Charge RN to ensure the aggressive treatment of, and actions taken, regarding adverse safety events and action thresholds. • Ensures all Quality policies and procedures are communicated to and implemented by the facility staff. • Maintains integrity of medical records and other FMS administrative and operational records. • Complies and assists with all data collection and auditing activities. • Manages the day-to-day activities and workload of the facility staff providing guidance and leadership as appropriate to ensure the effective, efficient and timely execution of duties and tasks. • Creates, maintains, and communicates efficient and timely employee schedules according to the staffing needs of the facility to ensure adequate staffing daily. Consults with Charge RN and Medical Director to optimize clinical staffing. • Provides informal feedback to staff on an ongoing basis and formal feedback in the form of the annual performance evaluation during the focal merit review process. Obtains feedback and input regarding the staff performance from the Medical Director and Charge RN and acts on the feedback as appropriate. Collaborates with staff and Charge RN and Medical Director to set annual goals for staff. • Manages the department staffing through the appropriate hiring, firing and disciplinary actions. • Maintains written documentation of all disciplinary meetings in accordance with the established personnel policies and confers with Human Resources and Director of Operations regarding the nature of the disciplinary decisions. • Ensures successful execution of new hire orientation and training, and ICD-9 code training when ICD-10 applicable for new hires and works with Medical Director to ensure mandatory in-services are completed. • Ensures appropriate documentation is completed for current licensure, annual in-service and policy and procedure in-service updates. • Responsible for ensuring all facility employees receive appropriate training according to company policy including company risk management initiatives. • Provides training and guidance to facility staff members to ensure development of clinical competences, providing opportunities for professional growth and encouraging personal growth. • Collaborates with HR regarding providing information to staff pertaining to FMS/FMCNA benefits, Human Resources policies and procedures. • Participates in Corporate and Division specific employee recognition and satisfaction programs. • Maintains a close working relationship with Division and Corporate office personnel and ensures appropriate communication of FMS, Division, and Corporate initiatives, policies and procedures to facility staff. • Utilizes knowledge of FMCNA and FMS services and products to contribute to the growth of the business. • Maintains facility environmental integrity and safety. • Schedules the maintenance and repair of equipment, operating systems, and physical structure of the facility, as needed. • Monitors the security of the facility. • Coordinates inventory/supply management by reviewing monthly inventory count and approving purchase orders for necessary items to ensure cost containment, timely distribution and competitive pricing. • Responsible for efficient utilization of medication, laboratory, inventory, supplies and equipment to achieve supply cost goals following all guidelines established in the FMS/FMS formularies. • Contributes to the development and revision of any applicable policies and procedures for the facility and the pertinent updating and maintenance of the related manuals. • Directs any necessary information gathering, as required, to support billing, billing issues and collection activities. • Coordinates and approves facility payroll. • Responsible for participating in all on-site internal and external (state and federal) surveys. • Reviews new and existing provider contracts for various vendor services, including but not limited to, insurance, laboratory, and facility cleaning. • Performs other related duties as assigned. SUPERVISION: • Supervises Charge RN and DPC Staff PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Day to day work includes desk and personal computer work and interaction with patients, facility staff and physicians. • The work environment is characteristic of a health care facility with air temperature control and moderate noise levels. May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases/materials • The position requires frequent prolonged periods of standing and the employee must be able to bend over. • The employee may occasionally be required with assistance to move patients and equipment of up to 200 lbs. There is a two-person assist program and “material assist” devices for the heavier items. • Travel to regional, Business Unit and Corporate meetings may be required. EDUCATION: • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing (RN) • Current RN state licensure EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS: • Experience in clinical nursing. • Additional 6 months chronic or acute dialysis nursing experience. • Demonstrated leadership competencies and management skills for the position, including excellent communication, customer service, continuous quality improvement, relationship development, results orientation, team building, motivating employees, performance management and decision making. • Demonstrated management skills necessary to provide leadership in the supervision of facility personnel and to ensure the delivery of maximum quality care to all patients. • Successfully passed the Ishihara Color Blind Test." Preferred: • Experience in a supervisory/management role, in a medical facility preferred. • Med/surg or ICU/CCU experience preferred. • Proficiency with the Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - experience with medical database software preferred. The rate of pay for this position will depend on the successful candidate’s work location and qualifications, including relevant education, work experience, skills, and competencies. Annual Rate: $99,000.00 - $166,000.00 Benefit Overview: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, parental leave and potential for performance-based bonuses depending on company and individual performance. Fresenius Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, age, disability, military service, or other non-merit-based factors 
$130,900 - $167,200 / year
Join UChicago Medicine , as an Advanced Practice Provider in our Advanced Heart Failure Department. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area. Sign on bonus and relocation package available As an Advanced Practice Provider, you are responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management in the hospital setting. The Heart and Vascular Center at UChicago Medicine is at the forefront of cardiac surgery, specializing in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart conditions and heart disease. Our doctors not only provide the highest level of care — they are also leaders in research who are developing new and better treatments for heart and vascular disease. UChicago Medicine’s heart and vascular care team includes some of the nation’s best minds in cardiology, cardiac surgery, robotic surgery, vascular surgery and research. In this role, you will utilize advanced assessment skills and knowledge of clinical therapeutics to evaluate, diagnose and manage critically ill patients. The APP orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic tests, therapeutic interventions and prescribes pharmacological agents as necessary. As an APP, you will maintain continuity of patient care through patient follow-up, monitoring of patient progress and modifying plan of care as necessary. The APP applies knowledge of new technology and resources demonstrating advanced or specialized expertise in caring for a variety of cardiac surgery patients including those with complex valve disease, coronary artery disease, disorders of the aorta, advanced heart failure requiring heart transplant or left ventricular assist device placement. Essential Job Functions Differentiates normal and abnormal variations for all body systems. Assesses patient and family adaptation, coping skills and the need for crisis or other intervention. Accurately interprets diagnostic tests. Analyzes multiple sources of data in making clinical judgments and in determining the effectiveness of a plan of care. Develops problem lists with associated differential diagnosis. Identifies educational needs of the patient and family and assists with teaching. Incorporates assessment findings into a plan to direct patient care. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with the patient, family, physician, nursing staff and other member of the health care team which incorporates health care maintenance, discharge and follow-up care. Plans and implements appropriate pharmacological therapies. Accurately and appropriately performs routine diagnostic and therapeutic techniques according to established protocols and standardized procedures for nurse practitioners. Initiates referrals based on patient and family need. Accurately presents and documents the database, impression and plan of care. Promotes, has knowledge of and utilizes appropriate patient care protocol relating to the physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Maintains formal and informal systems for information sharing, planning and problem solving with unit staff, other NP’s, medical staff and other nursing and hospital personnel. APPJob Summary: The Nurse practitioner/physician assistant is an APP responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management. The APP manages a caseload of patients and exercises autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The scope of practice also includes family support, teaching, staff education, consultation, and research. APP: Provide comprehensive care to patients in the inpatient settings cared for by the APPs of the cardiac surgery ICU and stepdown units. . Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, using advanced clinical skills to manage a caseload of patients. Assess, diagnose, initiate delegated medical treatments, perform independent nursing interventions, and evaluate care. Provide a model of care that is shaped by theory, expanded by science, research and reflective practice and is identified by a holistic and comprehensive approach to the patients. Nurse Practitioner - Education and Experience Requirements: Advanced degree (or equivalent, if license received prior to July 1, 2001) from an accredited school/college of nursing required. Ability to obtain Illinois advanced practice nurse (APN) license by start date required. Current license as a Registered Nurse required. AANC certification as an ACNP and/or ANP-BC required. Minimum two years of critical care clinical nursing experience with demonstrated clinical competence in patient care, teaching and management of patients with critical illness, and knowledge about clinical aspects of critical care including protocol therapy preferred Physician Assistant - Education and Experience Requirements: Education: Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program required. Licensure: Certification in ACLS and by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and current and/or eligibility for: State of Illinois licensure / registration required ICU Certification Required ICU experience highly preferred Position Details Job Type/FTE: Full-Time, 1.0 FTE Shift: Rotating, 3X12'S Unit/Department: 374581- APN Billing CBA Code: Non-Union 
