Pre/Post Registered Nurse (RN) - Registry

Join a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Preop/PACU Registered Nurse (RN) - Registry in our Outpatient Surgery Center at our Crown Point facility. UChicago Medicine Crown Point brings outstanding adult and pediatric care to the Northwest Indiana community. Its features include an eight-bed emergency department and small inpatient unit, an outpatient surgery center, and a cancer center.

The Preop/PACU RN, under the direction of the PACU Charge RN/Nurse Manager, is responsible for pre-admission, preoperative, and postoperative care of the patient. Directs professional and other health care personnel in the delivery of nursing care to the surgical patients; provides patient education; complies with standards, policies, procedures; supports the vision and mission of Ingalls Ambulatory Surgery Center. The position will have a wide range of access to protected health information ("PHI") and understands the importance of confidentiality regarding all patient information pursuant to HIPAA policies and procedures.

Primary Job Functions:

• Collaborates closely with physicians to assess, design, coordinate, implement, and evaluate patients' plans of care and outcomes
• Demonstrates the necessary skills and knowledge to provide complex nursing care and delegates tasks to other Care Team members according to unit-specific competencies, as appropriate to the age of the patients served
• Performs nursing duties and documents in electronic medical records
• Participate in suite turnover/cleaning and patient transportation
• Pre-admission screening phone calls, medical history review, providing patient instructions, and post discharge phone calls
• Maintains effective communication and a working relationship with patients, families, physicians, co-workers, management, and ancillary departments, and acts as a preceptor when needed
• Responsible for the safe administration of medications and performing waived lab testing
• Participates in huddles, staff meetings, and checks email at least once a month
• Performs other duties assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with an active RN license 
• Must hold an active Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through the American Heart Association 
• A minimum of 1 year of critical care nursing experience
• Computer literacy
• Ability to plan and lead clinical operations as a member of a management team
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergencies

Preferred Qualifications:

• A completed Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of Nursing
• Experience working within an ambulatory/outpatient surgical setting
• Experience working with the EPIC electronic medical record

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Registry (.2 FTE) 
• Shift: Days 
• Unit/Department: Operating Room
• CBA Code: Non-Union

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits.  The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

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