Location: Oak Park, Illinois
Business Unit: Rush Medical Center
Hospital: Rush University Medical Center
Department: General Internal Medicine
Work Type: Full Time
Primary Care Advanced Practice Provider
GIM Rush Connect Primary Care
Rush University Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Rush University Medical Center, a nationally recognized academic medical center and the teaching hospital for the Rush Medical and Nursing Colleges, is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider (PA or APRN)to join GIM Rush Connect Primary Care—an innovative, hybrid care model based at Rush Oak Park Hospital. The APP will be a key clinical leader in delivering team-based, tech-enabled, relationship-centered care to a dedicated patient panel.
About GIM Rush Connect Primary Care
Rush Connect Primary Care is redesigning how patients access and experience primary care. The model blends the flexibility of virtual care with the engagement of in person visits to expand reach, strengthen relationships, and improve health outcomes. Care is delivered by a cohesive multidisciplinary team and supported by digital tools, evidence-based workflows, and outcome-driven metrics.
Model Highlights:
Provide direct patient care during both virtual and in-person clinic days, including new and follow-up visits, chronic disease management, results review, and proactive outreach.
Conduct and document evidence-based care plans in Epic, leveraging technology to streamline tasks and patient communication.
Engage in team huddles, quality reviews, and structured improvement efforts.
Close care gaps through targeted outreach, preventive services, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Participate in pilot workflows, technology testing, and innovation cycles within Rush Connect.
Rush has over 400 APPs across the enterprise that provide comprehensive patient care each day autonomously and in collaboration with other members of the health care team. With a Director of Advanced Practice and 34 Lead APPs across the system, Rush’s vision is to have every APP practicing at full scope and top of license. APPs at Rush are highly competent, well-respected members of the healthcare team that contribute to the excellent quality care that Rush patients receive each day.
Rush University System for Health is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships. The Rush system includes Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. Rush University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, and the College of Health Sciences.
Rush is an elite medical community recognized yearly for excellence in patient care, medical discovery and clinical expertise. Our continued pursuits have earned Rush University Medical Center the distinction of being on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2024-2025. This places the Medical Center amongst the top 50 of the more than 5,000 hospitals evaluated. U.S. News & World Report has also recognized eleven Rush programs amongst the nation’s best, including top ten national rankings for neurology and neurosurgery and orthopedics. Rush University Medical Center has received Vizient's Quality Leadership Award, ranking second among 99 academic medical centers across the country. All three Rush hospitals have earned the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation in the Healthcare Equality Index. Our physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and staff are the heartbeat of our health system’s ongoing success. We know how important it is to recruit and retain exceptional staff and faculty to execute our mission.We’re passionate about health equity: for the communities we serve, for our patients and for our employees. We know that the South and West Sides of Chicago have historically been underserved. As a result, there is a 16-year gap in the life expectancy of someone in Chicago’s Loop versus someone in Chicago’s West Side. As the largest employer on Chicago’s West Side, we take it seriously that our institution can change this. Rush has built a strong Office of Community Health Equity and Engagement, and we founded the RUSH BMO Institute of Health Equity. As part of our Anchor Mission strategy, we hire, invest, buy and source, and volunteer locally. We’ve invested more than $6 million on the West Side since 2018, and that number continues to grow every year. And, of course, we continue to provide excellent patient care for everyone who comes to Rush.
Position Summary:The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will provider all aspects of care including acute care, well care and chronic care in the urgent care setting for patients of all ages.
Position Requirements:
Nurse Practitioner:
Current certification by American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioner (AANP)
Maintains State of Illinois and Federal DEA license
Physician Assistant:
Pay Range: $100,651 - $160,284
Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits, learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).Join Rush and become part of one of the nation’s best healthcare systems.
Interested candidates, please send your CV and cover letter to:
Alyssa Taylor
Recruiter, Faculty and Provider Recruitment
Faculty_Recruitment@Rush.edu
Rush is an equal opportunity / Affirmative Action employer