Nurse Navigator, Reproductive Endocrinology And Infertility (Rei), Days

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Nurse Navigator with our our REI Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic at our South Loop Clinic. In this role you will partner with the rest of the clinical team to provide patients the highest quality of care

In this role, the Nurse Associate (RN) is responsible for coordinating diagnostic and therapeutic regimens for a specified group of patients, and maintains cohesiveness between clinical research, physicians, and patients. The Nurse Associate coordinates physician activities with referring physicians, nursing staff, hospital administration, ancillary services, support services, insurance companies and other departments/sections and agencies as needed, and assists the physician with a wide range of activities necessary to manage clinical research programs. In addition, the Nurse Associate 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.

Essential Job Functions:

• Arranges patient admissions; coordinates ordering of tests/procedures with fellows, attendings, and other nursing staff
• 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
• Interactions using an appropriate psychosocial communication level
• Counsels patients concerning lifestyle modifications, medication regimens, side effects, and
• 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 data base, assists in summarization and analysis of data
• Conducts, responds to, follow up on, and triages patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate
• Communicates to clinics coordinators follow-up appointments, ancillary and/or pre-operative testing and scheduling needed for patient

Required Qualifications:

• Must be an actively licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois
• REI (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility) experience
• A Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Must have experience working in a community health setting
• Must have a minimum of two years' experience working as an RN

• Gynecology experience

Position Details:

• CBA Code: Non-Union
• Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
• Unit/Department: OB/GYN
• Shift: Days – 10 hour shift

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