Advocate Aurora Health

Research Analyst

• Maintain designated applications in research department databases
• Create new databases, prepare and run data analysis queries, and upload local databases to the national database center
• Use existing databases to create requested reports
• Perform data manipulation and migration
• Review data quality reports for data submissions and errors
• Ensure data requests are received, authorized, evaluated, and reported
• Prepare specifications and summary reports for data queries and requests
• Perform chart abstraction
• Provide administrative support when needed

Senior Research Associate – GCM

Accountant

• Plan and perform charge capture reviews in accordance with proper billing practices
• Collaborate with internal and external customers on billing and coding functions to determine billing accuracy and optimize revenue capture
• Develop written reports documenting review findings and recommendations
• Maintain current knowledge of coding, charge capture, accounting, and billing compliance developments in healthcare
• Serve as a resource on coding and billing guidelines and regulatory standards
• Recommend policies, procedures, and strategies to streamline workflows and meet organizational objectives
• Document and review collected data, identifying billing, coding, and documentation errors
• Review HCPCS and coding updates
• Review clinical documentation for accurate CPT/HCPCS code assignment and reimbursement
• Develop and coordinate educational and training programs for departmental staff
• Verify the validity of data and reports and follow system policies and procedures
• Ensure critical corrective actions are taken and evaluate intervention efficiency
• Prepare management reports, spreadsheets, and executive summaries
• Plan review scope and communicate plans with leadership
• Perform other related duties as required

Pharmacy Accounts Auditor

General

• Perform and assist with radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures
• Document patient history pertaining to specific procedures on physician-submitted requisitions
• Confirm patient identification verbally and by validating proof of identity
• Prepare and administer contrast media as required
• Consult with radiologists and other physicians as necessary
• Select and operate equipment according to procedure demands
• Demonstrate correct and adequate anatomic positioning skills
• Maintain records according to departmental standards
• Coordinate daily activities, including examinations and clerical duties
• Perform radiographic examinations under the direction of the Radiologist with general supervision

Radiology Technologist – Musculoskeletal Institute, Sports Medicine

Analytics Engineer

• Build and maintain reports, dashboards, and self-service data solutions
• Present data clearly to stakeholders
• Apply development best practices in partnership with senior teammates
• Validate the accuracy and integrity of datasets and datamarts
• Analyze datasets to identify trends and outcomes of healthcare programs and interventions
• Translate business needs into meaningful metrics, reports, and visualization tools
• Adhere to data stewardship guidelines, regulations, and department standards for reporting and handling sensitive data
• Partner with senior developers and data architects to improve technical skills
• Perform other related duties as required

IT Advanced Analytics Developer

• Perform non-standard, standard and complicated treatment planning and techniques, including HDR, LDR and SRS
• Perform radiation surveys of patients exposed to radioactive sources and treatment rooms
• Calibrate therapy machines and instruments against national standards
• Measure therapy beam data for treatment planning
• Lead troubleshooting and collaborate with Medical Engineers
• Operate equipment and perform quality assurance
• Write specifications and commission therapy equipment and accessories
• Design new techniques and ancillary equipment
• Perform and oversee commissioning and acceptance testing
• Develop and maintain QA programs for treatment modalities and imaging devices
• Work with physicians to analyze outcomes and develop processes and protocols
• Develop, implement and oversee radiation safety policies
• Track and validate patient-dose data and treatment-planning algorithms
• Perform physics measurements and support special procedures and programs
• Consult with Radiation Oncologists and Physicians on target delineation, modeling and treatment planning
• Establish and monitor imaging processes and equipment performance
• Develop treatment-delivery techniques and support radiotherapy room design
• Provide staff education and mandatory radiation safety training
• Assist with accreditation, departmental QA and radiation safety committee activities
• Ensure compliance with state and federal regulatory and accrediting bodies
• Provide age-appropriate care based on patient status and developmental needs

Radiation Physicist

Clinical Research Coordinator

• Perform clinical and administrative coordination of sponsored clinical trials, research protocols/projects, and biospecimen collection studies
• Provide guidance to physicians, clinical staff, and research team members
• Coordinate study start-up, CTA/budget/CTMS review, IRB submissions, recruitment, screening, and enrollment
• Develop mechanisms to maximize subject adherence to research protocols
• Maintain source documentation and collect, complete, and submit case report forms through EDC
• Manage study drug/device accountability, monitor subjects, report AEs/SAEs, and support study closeout
• Facilitate quality assurance inspections and audits
• Act as liaison between sponsors and investigators and serve as primary protocol/project contact
• Develop and implement educational plans for research staff, investigators, and clinical staff
• Review protocol amendments, research-related orders, and study-specific workflows
• Ensure laboratory requirements are met for specimen procurement, collection, processing, and shipment
• Serve as Primary Research Coordinator across multiple sites and coordinate and track research activities
• Coach and mentor research team members and other personnel
• Assist with educational training plans and orientation
• Maintain competency in research computer applications
• Attend and participate in educational programs, meetings, and assigned committees
• Licensed nurses may use advanced assessment skills, provide professional nursing care to research patients, and support Research Coordinators with nursing activities as needed
• Provide coverage at multiple locations in Crystal Lake, Barrington, and Libertyville, Illinois

Research Coordinator – Oncology Clinical Trials

• Perform and assist with radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures
• Document patient history pertaining to procedures on physician requisitions
• Confirm patient identification verbally and by validating proof of identity
• Prepare and administer contrast media as required
• Consult with radiologists and other physicians as necessary
• Select and operate equipment according to individual procedure demands
• Demonstrate correct and adequate anatomic positioning skills
• Maintain records according to departmental standards
• Perform examinations and clerical duties
• Coordinate daily activities under the direction of the Radiologist

Patient Service Representative

• Create the initial electronic health record and prevent duplicate medical records
• Positively identify patients before care and comply with accrediting-body requirements
• Check in and register patients
• Obtain and verify demographic, guarantor, and insurance information
• Discuss and collect co-pays and other out-of-pocket responsibilities
• Maintain confidentiality of patient, financial, and medical-record information in accordance with HIPAA
• Recognize commercial and government insurance plans and explain financial responsibilities
• Refer patients to Financial Advocates when appropriate
• Enforce required rules, forms, questions, and signatures for regulatory compliance, including HIPAA, EMTALA, Consent for Treatment, patient rights, IMM, MOON, MSPQ, ABN, and Notice of Privacy Practices
• Schedule appointments and coordinate cancellations, reschedules, wait lists, and recalls
• Provide test-preparation, arrival-time, medication, check-in, and facility-direction information
• Perform visit closure, schedule follow-ups, and provide after-visit summaries
• Educate and support patients with the patient portal/app
• Greet patients and visitors, answer telephones, screen calls, and take messages
• Provide customer service and assistance such as transportation, directions, wheelchairs, and interpreter services
• Scan documents to Health Information Management, manage faxes and electronic health-record inbox messages, and follow clinical-team direction for emergent needs
• Monitor and work assigned electronic health-record work queues
• Communicate customer-service and process-improvement issues to management
• Assist department leadership with orientation and training

Nurse

• Responsible for the day-to-day Infection Prevention program and activities for designated healthcare facilities, clinics, and healthcare services
• Abstract patient-chart data for surveillance and focus studies and generate healthcare-associated infection statistics
• Develop and pilot data collection tools
• Use several electronic systems to collect data
• Report routine and significant epidemiological findings to department leadership and the Medical Director
• Maintain infection records; compile, analyze, and disseminate surveillance data
• Collaborate with leadership and recommend improvements based on data analysis, literature reviews, professional standards, and multidisciplinary conferences
• Advocate for patients, visitors, and healthcare workers across the continuum of care
• Create, implement, and revise infection prevention policies
• Assist with investigations and follow-up of healthcare workers and non-employees exposed to communicable diseases and occupational exposures
• Assist with investigations and corrective-action recommendations related to healthcare construction and moisture management
• Identify unsafe infection-control practices and hazards
• Design, implement, and monitor solutions to system-wide, departmental, or unit problems
• Serve as a resource for infection prevention issues and participate on relevant committees
• Collaborate with public health epidemiology, Safety, Emergency, and Infectious Disease Medicine on policy development, investigations, bioterrorism readiness, and outbreak-control measures
• Work on-site across Navicent Baldwin and Navicent Rehabilitation Hospital; participate in the regional on-call rotation

Registered Nurse – Infection Preventionist

• Perform basic to advanced nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including general, cardiac, therapy, and PET/CT procedures if performed at the assigned facility
• Review medical records, patient history, lab results, physician orders, and requisitions to ensure exam accuracy
• Obtain medical histories from patients
• Prepare and administer radiopharmaceuticals and procedural adjunctive medications according to prescriptions and approved exam parameters
• Perform venipuncture, place peripheral IV catheters, and access other vascular devices as trained and needed
• Handle radioactive materials correctly and implement ALARA measures
• Maintain accurate pharmaceutical dose records
• Relay pertinent patient history information to appropriate staff and departments
• Post-process, identify, and label images accurately
• Maintain regulatory records and enter patient and study information into the radiology information system
• Document billing codes to ensure accurate patient charges
• Identify equipment performance issues and perform quality assurance tests and calibration procedures
• Report malfunctioning equipment
• Serve as a technical resource, role model, and/or preceptor for students and staff
• Support staff at the assigned facility and throughout the system
• Assist with accreditation efforts
• Perform patient positioning and transporting duties involving lifting and pushing/pulling
• Provide age-appropriate patient care based on growth and development principles and departmental policies

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

• Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process
• Deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures
• Use evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and communication
• Lead efforts to create the safest patient environment and best patient experience across the continuum
• Provide specialized pulmonary clinic care for adult patients with chronic and acute pulmonary diseases
• Evaluate, treat, and support ongoing management of lung and respiratory conditions
• Work primarily at the West Allis Clinic
• Occasionally travel to the Summit Clinic to support staffing needs, including sick-call or PTO coverage

Registered Nurse – Pulmonary Clinic

• Receive incoming materials and equipment and inspect and verify accuracy and condition before signing for delivery
• Maintain accurate records for receipt, storage, and distribution of supplies and equipment
• Prepare, distribute, and transport supplies and equipment to facilities, departments, or other entities
• Distribute supplies and equipment in response to requisitions, customer requests, replenishment schedules, and purchase orders
• Warehouse supplies, maintain inventory levels, and perform issues and credits
• Replenish and maintain specialty carts, trays, and kits while checking for outdated supplies
• Prepare returned materials, package them, initiate returns, and complete required vendor follow-up
• Maintain security, orderliness, and cleanliness of work areas
• Check, rotate, and remove outdated or damaged materials
• Perform other related duties as required

Materials Attendant

• Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process
• Deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures
• Use evidence-based practice and clinical decision making
• Apply compassion and communication skills
• Lead efforts to create the safest patient environment and best patient experience across the continuum

Registered Nurse – Interventional Pain Management Clinic

Physician Assistant

• Support the care team by performing clinical and administrative tasks vital to patient care
• Welcome patients and support their transition into care
• Take and record vital signs, medical histories, and health screenings
• Prepare patients for exams and assist providers during procedures
• Administer medications and vaccines as directed
• Perform specimen collection and point-of-care testing
• Document care accurately in the electronic health record
• Partner with physicians, nurses, and teammates to deliver coordinated care
• Provide support at either the Lake Barrington or Crystal Lake pediatric location

Medical Assistant, General Pediatrics

Collections

• Follow up on assigned accounts to obtain high cash flow until accounts are paid, resolved, completed, referred to a collection agency, or deemed uncollectable
• Contact patients, employers, insurance companies, and government agencies by telephone or mail to expedite payment
• Establish effective working relationships with patients, collection agencies, vendors, and internal departments to resolve account issues
• Handle requests, inquiries, and complaints related to the bad debt collection process
• Resolve patient complaints concerning billing and collection functions using sound credit procedures
• Interpret insurance verification, billing, follow-up, collection, and legal information to resolve patient questions and account issues
• Document account opening reasons, processes, and actions taken to resolve outstanding issues
• Account for settlement offers, vendor remits, and cash posting issues related to bad debt accounts
• Learn and perform actions in all patient billing systems to properly handle bad debt accounts
• Maintain the lowest possible bad debt expense write-off ratio through effective collection methods
• Maintain and reconcile placement records with third-party agencies
• Reconcile differences between bad debt balances and third-party records
• Monitor trends in agency or patient billing issues and alert management

Senior Research Associate – GCM

Pharmacy Accounts Auditor

Radiology Technologist – Musculoskeletal Institute, Sports Medicine

IT Advanced Analytics Developer

Radiation Physicist

Research Coordinator – Oncology Clinical Trials

Radiology Technologist – Musculoskeletal Institute, Sports Medicine

Patient Service Representative

Registered Nurse – Infection Preventionist

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Registered Nurse – Pulmonary Clinic

Materials Attendant

Registered Nurse – Interventional Pain Management Clinic

Medical Assistant, General Pediatrics

Collections Representative