Special Procedures Nurse - Care Transition Clinic, Part-Time, Days

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Special Procedures Nurse (RN) supporting our Care Transition Clinic at our Hyde Park clinic. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity based in the greater Chicagoland area.

About the Role

Under the direction of a faculty sponsor and in collaboration with the program support team, coordinates population health care needs for patients and potential patients in the community across the care continuum. Acts as a clinical liaison for patients and potential patients, across medical service, clinical departments, and locations. Assesses clinical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial, financial, and other patient needs. Evaluates and manages patient care gaps and assists in the integration of care across departments to address those gaps.

Under the direction of an Attending Physician or a licensed independent practitioner, provides technically complex and high-risk nursing care services to patients, which may include one or more of the following categories: sedation, intravenous infusions, complex procedures (e.g., lumbar puncture, cardiac catheterization), specialized monitoring during procedure and recovery phase. May have Charge Nurse responsibility for the assigned unit.

Responsibilities

• Represents UChicago Medicine in a positive manner with the prospective, former, and current community; interacts effectively with a diverse group of faculty, staff, and other customers; demonstrates knowledge of operating practices.
• Upholds the mission statement of UChicago Medicine: to provide superior healthcare in a compassionate manner, ever mindful of each patient’s dignity and individuality.
• Handles confidential information consistent with Federal HIPAA legislation.
• Performs a variety of clinical and research procedures with efficiency and high standards of quality; ensures proper protocol is used for each sedation.
• Provides patient care in a compassionate and empathetic manner; demonstrates knowledge of age-specific considerations in the provision of care.
• Involves a multidisciplinary team as needed to support patient and family psychological, social, and spiritual needs.
• Accurately completes required patient assessment, documentation, and interpretations for each patient encounter.
• Possesses sound professional judgment for timely physician intervention as needed.
• Recognizes patient conditions requiring immediate actions, initiates appropriate life-supporting interventions while communicating appropriately with physicians.
• Maintains nursing equipment and work areas in proper working condition; reports malfunctioning equipment or housekeeping issues to the appropriate person.
• Maintains a neat and clean work area with equipment; ensures adequate inventory control of all necessary supplies.
• Ensures emergency equipment is maintained with adequate availability, good working order, and restocks as needed with fiscal awareness and accountability.
• Interfaces with customers (patients, families, visitors, and staff) in a professional, positive, and accommodating manner; demonstrates knowledge of AIDET principles and employs them in all situations.
• Performs all required Quality Assurance testing as indicated or required by UChicago Medicine.
• Rotates to clinical areas as directed to assist in safe staffing ratios; utilizes resources to safely transport sedated patients to an appropriate or designated area within UChicago Medicine.

Requirements

• RN license (Required)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred; experience may be considered in lieu of degree in addition to 5+ years of clinical experience

Schedule

• Part-Time (0.6 FTE)
• Shift: Days - 8:30 am - 5 pm
• Work Location: Onsite - Hyde Park

Pay

The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position, based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and current market data. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience, as well as organizational considerations such as internal equity.

Benefits

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About Us

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.