FM Nurse Practitioner

This position provides general medical care and treatment to patients in a clinic or hospital setting under the direction of a collaborating Physician.

Mercyhealth, an award-winning fully integrated health care delivery organization based in southcentral Wisconsin and northern Illinois, is seeking a full-time Family Nurse Practitioner to join our Primary Care team at our Perryville Clinic in Rockford, Illinois. The ideal candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills, with a passion for providing high quality personalized care to a variety of patients. 

Mercyhealth’s Mission – “Exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better.”   Touching lives invigorates, inspires, and drives us to do our very best, and we continuously look for ways to make each life better with the utmost care and professionalism.

Opportunity:

• Join a well-established practice in collaboration with an experienced physician
• Monday through Friday (8am-5pm) and 1 Saturday per month schedule. Great for work-life balance!
• Newborn to geriatric patient population
• Onsite Laboratory, and Radiology Services
• Ability to grow your own patient panel while also supporting physician practice
• System-wide EPIC

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Graduate of an accredited masters/doctoral nursing program.
• Meets the requirements determined by the State of Wisconsin or Illinois to perform duties defined as those of a Nurse Practitioner.
• Current IL RN license
• Current IL APNP license
• Current IL DEA number
• Other certifications as required
• New Grads welcome to apply!
• Primary Care NP experience preferred
• Primary Care nursing experience preferred

Compensation:

• Highly competitive compensation
• Sign on Bonus eligible
• CME allowance
• Robust and comprehensive benefit package

Mercyhealth:
Mercyhealth is a vertically integrated health care system in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois with approximately 900 physicians, 8,000 employees, 7 hospitals, 80 ambulatory locations; pharmacies, DME, Home Health, and an insurance company. We are large and continue to grow, but we treat our physicians and employees as family.

Community:

Rockford is the third largest city in the state of Illinois.  Settled on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is notable for its economic diversification into automotive, aerospace, and healthcare industries, as well as the undertaking of various tourism and downtown revitalization efforts.

Rockford is known for various venues of cultural or historical significance, including Anderson Japanese Gardens, Klehm Arboretum, the Coronado Theatre, and the Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford has been recognized as one of the most affordable housing markets in the nation, less than an hour and a half drive from downtown Chicago and Milwaukee and less than an hour from Madison, Wisconsin.