Nurse Practitioner

Big Lots; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Big Lots in Joliet, IL seeks a junior Nurse Practitioner to support patients and families through vulnerable moments. You will carry a local caseload, educate on diagnoses and treatment, and maintain HIPAA‑compliant records.

You'll grow through paid certifications, conferences, and dedicated learning time, with a pathway to advance as your glucose monitoring and cultural awareness skills mature.

Qualifications

• Fast-paced, community-minded environment suitability
• Strong critical thinking and independent judgment
• Proven ability to lead projects from concept to delivery
• Experience guiding junior-level initiatives
• Fluency in glucose monitoring
• Demonstrated cultural awareness in healthcare

Responsibilities

• Carry Joliet caseload while precepting junior grads
• Apply cultural awareness and collaboration interventions while monitoring side effects
• Educate patients and families on diagnoses, treatments, and follow‑ups
• Spot subtle decline early and act before code is called
• Manage a freelance panel of chronic patients, calling between visits
• Maintain HIPAA-compliant patient records
• Chart vitals, intake, and treatment response for a clean clinical picture
• Audit Vital Signs Monitoring weekly and brief the charge NP on gaps

Skills

Leadership experience

Critical thinking

Project ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Glucose monitoring

Cultural awareness

Job description

Big Lots needs a junior Nurse Practitioner ready to support patients and families through some of their most vulnerable moments. This position rewards Cultural Awareness and Glucose Monitoring mastery with $52,000 - $73,000, team collaboration, and ownership of what you ship.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry Big Lots's make‑it‑better Joliet caseload while precepting the junior new grads behind you
• Apply Cultural Awareness and Cross‑Functional Collaboration interventions while watching for the side effects that follow
• Educate patients and families on diagnoses, treatments, and follow‑up care
• Spot subtle decline early — a quiet patient, a creeping fever — and act before the code is called
• Manage a freelance panel of chronic patients, calling between visits when Dialysis numbers drift
• Maintain accurate, timely, and HIPAA‑compliant patient records
• Chart vitals, intake, and response to treatment so the next Nurse Practitioner inherits a clean clinical picture
• Audit the unit's Vital Signs Monitoring compliance weekly and brief the charge Nurse Practitioner on the gaps

What You’ll Bring

• Comfort working in a fast‑paced, community‑minded environment
• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• Proven leadership experience guiding junior-level initiatives
• Fluency in Glucose Monitoring earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• Demonstrated Cultural Awareness expertise in a fast‑moving healthcare environment

Big Lots is an impact-driven Joliet, IL studio where Cross‑Functional Collaboration gets treated with the seriousness most companies reserve for marketing. We hire gently‑demanding people, get out of their way, and let the ACLS Certification results speak.

Beyond the $52,000 - $73,000 base, Big Lots invests in your growth through paid certifications, conferences, and dedicated learning time.

Re-confirmed open this morning, the junior seat at Big Lots stays available.