Nurse Associate

About the role

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Nurse Associate at our DCAM clinic. Here, you will work alongside our Neurosciences team. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

Responsibilities

• Counsels patients concerning lifestyle modifications, medication regimens, side effects, and interactions using an appropriate psychosocial communication level
• Maintains office file notes, reviews charts, enters data for sectional demographic data base, assists in summarization and analysis of data
• Communicates to clinics coordinators follow-up appointments, ancillary and/or pre-operative testing and scheduling needed for patient
• Coordinates ordering of tests/procedures with fellows, attendings, and other nursing staff
• Maintains cohesiveness between clinical research, physicians, and patients
• Assists physicians in coordination of research programs by screening patients for acceptance into clinical research and outcome programs
• Assists physician in clinic or procedure area with patient examinations, diagnostic tests and/or therapeutic procedures
• Continuously monitors vital signs of patients under conscious sedation throughout procedure
• Conducts, responds to, follow up on, and triages patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate
• Arranges patient admissions; coordinates ancillary and/or pre-operative testing
• Assists physicians in bedside procedures

Requirements

• Must have experience working in a community health setting
• A Bachelor's degree in Nursing Associate Degree Nurses are required to enroll in a BSN program within six (6) to nine (9) months of hire, and make progress toward and complete their BSN degree within 30 months
• ADN nurses receive 100% tuition reimbursement towards a BSN degree from an accredited program
• Must be an actively licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois
• Must have a minimum of two years' experience working as an RN

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: Must have experience working in a community health setting. A Bachelor's degree in Nursing Associate Degree Nurses are required to enroll in a BSN program within six (6) to nine (9) months of hire, and make progress toward and complete their BSN degree within 30 months. ADN nurses receive 100% tuition reimbursement towards a BSN degree from an accredited program. Must be an actively licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois. Must have a minimum of two years' experience working as an RN.

Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity.

Schedule

Day Shift - 8-hour shifts