The clinician provides reproductive health care services, including contraceptive education, pelvic exams, and laboratory screenings. They are also responsible for maintaining medical records, achieving health center fiscal goals, and participating in research activities.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be a registered nurse with advanced practice certification or a physician assistant with an active Illinois license. Previous work experience in a family planning clinical setting is preferred.
professional certificateEvidence-based practiceColposcopyLEEPPatient assessmentClinical documentationHealth center operationsMedical history takingReproductive health carePelvic examinationsContraceptive educationLaboratory screeningMicroscopic examinationsProcedural abortion servicesCustomer-oriented care
Job description
Just a few of the Benefits enjoyed by PPIL employees…
Company subsidized premiums on Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Up to 12 weeks Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
Mission focused work -401k with employer matching -100% company-paid Life Insurance -100% company-paid Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage
Robust Employee Assistance Program
Professional Development awards and opportunities
Flexible Spending Accounts
Free Medical Services at PPIL
Pet Insurance
The Family Planning Clinician is part of the staff team that provides reproductive health care services at the health center of assignment in accordance with Planned Parenthood of Illinois’ policies, protocols, and procedures in the PPIL Manual of Standards and Guidelines.
Essential Functions
1. Understand, commit to, and practice a market and customer-oriented approach to health care delivery. 2. Provide well-person care to patients who present themselves with contraceptive needs and assess physical and psychosocial status of the client. 3. If privileged to do so under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, provide colposcopy/LEEP/med AB/expanded gynecological services/in-clinic procedural abortion services; furthermore, take responsibility for the follow-up of any medical problems, abnormal lab tests, etc. consistent with PPIL protocol. 4. Conduct contraceptive education and medical interviews, such as medical history, and respond to client's queries for information of a medical nature, either in person or by telephone. 5. Following Medical Standards and Guidelines and protocol of
Planned
Parenthood of
Illinois, the
Clinician will be accountable for:
performing laboratory screening and microscopic examinations
conducting pelvic examinations and associated physical assessments
making appropriate referrals
providing contraceptive supplies and therapeutics and educating upon their use 6. Accept individual and joint responsibility for participation in health center efforts for achieving:
4 clinician visits per hour
Benefits
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Medical insurance
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
Flexible spending accounts
Short-term disability coverage
Employee assistance program
Long-term disability coverage
Pet insurance
401k with employer matching
Sign-on bonus
Free medical services
Professional development awards
RVU of 8.5/clinician hour for each month
annual health center fiscal goals in revenue, expenses, and contribution margin
compliance with all organizational quality assurance guidelines and federal regulations including OSHA and CLIA
participation in PPIL research activities to contribute to furthering the field of evidence-based reproductive health care 7. Take personal responsibility to remain informed, current, and willing to follow medical policies of the Board of Directors as stated in the PPIL Manual of Standards and Guidelines concerning family planning methods, services offered by PPIL, and PPIL protocols, policies and procedures. 8. To provide routine chart review as directed by the Health Center Manager. 9. To respond to needs of the clinic team as requested by the
Health
Center
Manager including, but not limited to:
creating appointments
maintaining medical records
maintaining an efficient and clean medical facility
processing records 10. Participate in community education and staff training as needed, and provide regular feedback to the Health Center Manager. 11. Through these activities demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to PPIL core values of access, activism, care, confidentiality, diversity, excellence, integrity, respect, self-determination, and stewardship; practice these values in relations with internal and external customers. 12. Other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk, hear, and see. The employee frequently is required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel and reach. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Supervisor
Associate
Medical
Director
Status: Non-exempt from the overtime provisions of the wage and salary regulations. \n
Education A registered nurse holding current license in the State of Illinois, who has successfully completed additional didactic training in order to qualify as a nurse practitioner and holds current license in the State of Illinois as an advanced practice nurse OR a physician assistant with an active IL license.
Experience Previous work experience in a family planning clinical setting preferred.
Professional and Personal Qualities Commitment to the efficient and customer-oriented provision of services, as well as a commitment to the operating goals of Planned Parenthood of Illinois. Willingness to participate in a team approach to health care delivery. Willingness to travel within the area if necessary.
\n $60 - $62.50 an hour This position includes a sign-on/retention bonus of $5,000 that is paid throughout the first year of employment ($2,000 on the first paycheck).
The Roseland clinic is a site eligible for the HRSA Nurse Corps Loan Repayment.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program offers loan repayment to registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and nursing faculty in exchange for a two-year service commitment at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses (or, for nurse faculty, an eligible school of nursing).
Awardees receive payments totaling 60 percent of their qualifying nursing school loan balance, and up to an additional 25 percent of their original loan balance for an optional year of service. \n Planned Parenthood works affirmatively to include diversity among its workforce and does not discriminate in the selection of its staff based on factors including but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, income, marital status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.
We know that BIPOC and women identifying candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every requirement.
Please do not be deterred if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting.
