Registered Nurse Medical Surgical Intermediate Part Time Nights

About the role

Part-time Nights 7pm-7:30am with rotating weekends at Northwestern Medicine. CDH Med/Surg Intermediate (3C) is a 26 bed fast paced, high acuity Intermediate Medical Surgical Unit. The unit features highly engaged staff active in shared governance and committed to multidisciplinary rounds at the bedside.

Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes data, identifies expected outcomes, develops and implements an individualized plan, coordinates care delivery and evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes
• Directs care and determines the appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in providing direct patient care
• Collaborates with patient, family, physicians and ancillary staff
• Creates a documented plan, focused on outcomes and decisions related to the care and delivery of services that indicates communications with patients, families, and others
• Participates in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects
• Evaluates and documents the patient's responses to nursing interventions in the health record and properly individualizes the plan of care based on the evaluation of findings
• Utilizes the best available evidence, including research findings to guide practice decisions

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with others
• Strong analytic abilities
• Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) acceptable with commitment to obtain a BSN from an accredited program within three years of first day of employment in clinical nurse role

Preferred:

• Experience in specific Medical/Surgical Stepdown

Additional Preferences for the Emergency Room and the Pediatric Emergency Room:

• Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS)
• Emergency Communications Registered Nurse
• Certified Pediatric Nurse
• Certified Emergency Nurse

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness
• 401(k) matching
• Lifecycle benefits
• Sign-on bonus eligibility (internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible; new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family)