Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

About this position

Location: Lake County, Illinois
Schedule: Part-Time (Primary Need) 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 10-Hour Shifts
Compensation: $61.00 - $79.67/hour
Program: Hospital at Home

Hospital in Lake County is seeking experienced Advanced Practice Providers (PA-C or Acute Care NP) to serve in a newly created Admitting APP role.

This position is focused on identifying, evaluating, and admitting appropriate patients into the Hospital at Home program. Unlike traditional hospitalist APP positions, this role is heavily centered on patient selection, interdisciplinary collaboration, care coordination, and program growth.

This is an opportunity for a clinically strong APP who enjoys autonomy, collaboration, and helping build a growing care model.

Ideal candidates may include:

• Hospitalist APPs seeking reduced schedules
• APPs interested in weekend-focused work
• Clinicians looking for supplemental income
• Semi-retired providers seeking fewer shifts

Flexibility exists around schedule structure for the right candidate.

Required:

• 3-5+ years of Hospitalist APP experience
• Experience managing acute medical patients
• Strong inpatient medicine background
• Comfortable evaluating:
  • Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
  • Infections
  • CHF
  • COPD
  • General Internal Medicine admissions
  • Complex acute care patients

Ability to:

• Build trust with patients and families
• Explain the Hospital at Home model
• Address concerns and answer questions
• Obtain patient buy-in and consent

Candidates must be comfortable:

• Partnering with hospitalists
• Communicating with specialists
• Coordinating with nursing, case management, pharmacy, PT/OT, and care coordinators
• Advocating for appropriate patients

• 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• 10-hour shifts

Part-Time Candidates Must:

• Have meaningful weekend availability
• Be willing to work approximately every other weekend or similar rotation

Examples of schedules being considered:

• 6 shifts every 2 weeks
• 3 shifts every 2 weeks
• Weekend-focused schedules
• Custom arrangements for strong candidates

• Approximately 4 weekends every 12 weeks

Location and commute

27848 N Bradley Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045.

Plan your route with Google Maps. Travel times and transportation options vary; confirm the work location with the employer before commuting.

How to apply

Review the vacancy and complete the application on the employer or recruitment partner’s website. Requisition ID: WJ-3098578443.