Registered Nurse-Plastic Surgery Crystal Lake Full Time Days

Benefits

• Annual Employee Merit Increase and Incentive Bonus
• $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
• $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
• $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
• $6,000 Student Loan Repayment ($3,000 part-time)
• Paid time off and Holiday pay

Pay: Based on experience, starting at: $31 + per hour.

Description

**This is a Full Time position between 38-40 hours per week for the Plastic Surgery specialty located at the Crystal Lake clinic and may require travel to other locations as needed. Schedule is Monday through Friday and this individual will also triage for General/Breast surgery.**

The Registered Nurse reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

This role is a registered professional nurse who is accountable for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for the care of assigned patients. As a member of the clinical and work unit team, the Registered Nurse participates in decision making and quality improvement activities which improve patient care outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Documents the nursing process.
• Communicates directly with patient and family about nursing care.
• Assimilates information from multiple sources and implements appropriate action plan to provide safe, quality care.
• Communicates patient status to multidisciplinary team members.
• Provides clinical interventions to meet patient needs.
• Assures safety and security of patients, significant others and staff.
• Directs patient care provided by support personnel for a specific shift. Identifies changes in patient's physiological condition.

Clinical:

• Monitors and documents the patient's response to therapeutic interventions and progress toward outcomes
• Implements appropriate actions to respond to needs of patients and patients significant others
• Provides direct patient care
• Demonstrates clinical competence
• Demonstrates cost effective approach to patient care in terms of equipment, supplies and all other resources
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• In all areas of practice follows established policies, procedures and standards of care
• Performs ongoing assessment of assigned patients and their significant others biopsychosocial and learning needs
• Contributes to plan of care in coordination with patient care coordinator as appropriate
• Directs patient care provided by support personnel for a special shift

Professional:

• Dynamic representative of the nursing profession in internal and external forums
• Exemplifies a professional image in appearance, manner and presentation
• Integrates theoretical knowledge base and clinical expertise in decision making
• Demonstrates the following professional attributes
  • Exemplifies a professional image in appearance, manner and presentation
  • Is an advocate for patients and their significant key others, co-workers, the community and the nursing profession
  • Consistently demonstrates accountability
  • Champions collaborative practice with co-workers and other disciplines and departments
  • Consistently demonstrates compassion to internal and external customers
  • Dynamic representative of the nursing profession in internal and external forums
  • Integrates theoretical knowledge base and clinical expertise in decision making
  • Assumes responsibility for meeting mandatory requirements
  • Assumes responsibility for personal development plan and education related to clinical specialty area.
• Consistently demonstrates compassion to internal and external customers
• Is an advocate for patients and their significant key others, co-workers, the community and the nursing profession
• Champions collaborative practice with co-workers and other disciplines and departments
• Assumes responsibility for personal development plan and education related to clinical specialty area.
• Consistently demonstrates accountability
• Assumes responsibility for meeting mandatory requirements

Research:

• Follows research protocols for assigned patients.

AA/EOE.

Qualifications

Required:

• Current license as a Registered Professional Nurse or eligible in the State of Illinois
• Certification of BLS CPR.
• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing.

Preferred:

• One year of experience.

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.