Nurse Associate, Digestive Disease (General Surgery & Oncology) - Full-Time, Days

About the role

UChicago Medicine is a world‑class academic healthcare system. The Nurse Associate (RN) will join the Digestive Disease (General Surgery & Oncology) team in DCAM – Hyde Park, providing gastroenterology care for conditions ranging from inflammatory bowel disease and liver disorders to gastrointestinal cancers. This is a 100% onsite position; the incumbent must be based in the greater Chicagoland area and work day shifts from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, full‑time (1.0 FTE). The unit focuses on General Surgery and Oncology within the Digestive Disease department (CBA Code: NNU).

Responsibilities

• Conducts, responds to, follows up on, and triages patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate.
• Assists the 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 procedures.
• Counsels patients concerning lifestyle modifications, medication regimens, side effects, and interactions using an appropriate psychosocial communication level.
• Communicates to clinic coordinators follow‑up appointments, ancillary and/or pre‑operative testing, and scheduling needed for the patient.
• Arranges patient admissions; coordinates ordering of tests/procedures with fellows, attendings, and other nursing staff.
• Assists physicians in coordination of research programs by screening patients for acceptance into clinical research and outcome programs.
• Maintains office file notes, reviews charts, enters data for sectional demographic database, assists in summarization and analysis of data.

Requirements

• Experience working in a community health setting.
• Associate Degree in Nursing; BSN degree or higher preferred.
• Associate Degree Nurses must enroll in a BSN program within six (6) to nine (9) months of hire and complete the BSN degree within 30 months; ADN nurses receive 100% tuition reimbursement toward a BSN from an accredited program.
• Active Registered Nurse license in the state of Illinois.
• Minimum of two years' experience working as an RN.