Nurse Associate (RN), General Pediatrics, Full-Time, Days
About the role
Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Nurse Associate (RN) in our General Pediatrics Clinic. In this role you will partner with the rest of the clinical team to provide patients the highest quality of care. The Nurse Associate coordinates diagnostic and therapeutic regimens for a specified group of patients, maintains cohesiveness between clinical research, physicians, and patients, coordinates physician activities with referring physicians, nursing staff, hospital administration, ancillary services, support services, insurance companies and other departments, assists the physician with a wide range of activities necessary to manage clinical research programs, functions as a liaison between physicians, patients, and families, assists physicians with bedside procedures, and provides patient care in the clinic with the physician as necessary.
Responsibilities
- Conducts, responds to, follow up on, and triages patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate
- 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
- 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 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