Advocate Health Care

Patient Educator Registered Nurse

Advocate Health Care • $79K — $118K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing; BSN preferred.
  • Current RN license or temporary RN license in the state of practice.
  • BLS certification required according to policy.
  • 2 years of clinical specialty experience preferred.
  • Professional certification in the specialty required within 2 years if not currently certified.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct RN-led Medicare Wellness Visits and complete assessments.
  • Document comprehensive patient assessments covering health history and wellness needs.
  • Perform various required screenings and assessments, including cognitive and functional health evaluations.
  • Identify preventive care gaps and support closure activities like immunizations.
  • Provide health education and self-management support to patients.
  • Develop personalized prevention plans incorporating patient goals and lifestyle recommendations.
  • Coordinate referrals and follow-up care with interdisciplinary team members.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs.
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision care.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match.
  • Educational Assistance Program.
Full Job Description
Department:

05715 SE Medical Group Division Operations - RN Medicare Wellness Visits

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

M-F, 8-5

Pay Range:
$38.20 - $57.30

  • Conduct RN-led Medicare Wellness Visits, completing required preventive care assessments, screenings, and Medicare visit components.
  • Complete and document comprehensive patient assessments, including health history, medications, functional status, social determinants of health, safety concerns, and individualized wellness needs.
  • Perform and document required screenings, including depression, cognitive, fall risk, functional, and preventive health assessments.
  • Identify and support closure of preventive care gaps, including immunizations, cancer screenings, health maintenance needs, and other recommended preventive services.
  • Provide patient education, health coaching, motivational interviewing, and self-management support to promote preventive care and long-term wellness.
  • Develop and reinforce personalized prevention plans, including patient goals, lifestyle recommendations, preventive services, and follow-up care needs.
  • Recognize abnormal findings, emerging health concerns, and care needs, escalating issues to providers and care teams according to established protocols.
  • Coordinate referrals, follow-up appointments, screenings, diagnostic testing, and other care needs in collaboration with providers and interdisciplinary team members.
  • Maintain accurate and timely electronic health record documentation while ensuring compliance with Medicare, CMS, coding, audit, and organizational requirements.
  • Participate in quality improvement, documentation optimization, workflow standardization, professional development, and collaborative initiatives to support program performance and patient outcomes.

  • Physical Requirements
    Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Additional department specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the nurse leader.


Education, Experience and Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works. BLS required per policy guidelines. 2 years of experience in the field of clinical specialty preferred. Professional certification in the field of specialty within 2 years if not currently certified required or eligible to meet academic professional and experiential requirement to become certified in the field of practice. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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