Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as an Operating Room Nurse in our Comer Operating Room. At UChicago Medicine, we bring the world's most innovative approaches to patients with all conditions, from common to complex. You will have the opportunity to work alongside physicians who are constantly pushing the boundaries of medicine through groundbreaking research and personalized, life-saving patient care. This is a 100% onsite position based at our Hyde Park campus.

As an Operating Room Nurse, you will provide goal-directed nursing care that is individualized to the needs of patients and families during health and illness.

In this role, you will provide nursing care based on professional knowledge, clinical judgment, and standards of practice that support the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care. Each professional nurse assumes primary responsibility and accountability for all nursing care provided by themselves and those under their supervision while collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient care.

Essential Job Functions

• Utilize assessment skills to determine patient needs and provide comprehensive patient- and family-centered care for patients from neonate through geriatric populations.
• Identify learning needs of patients and families and develop teaching strategies that promote recovery.
• Implement nursing interventions based on the scheduled surgery, patient assessment, and developmental needs.
• Evaluate patient care and modify nursing interventions as appropriate while documenting accurately in the medical record.
• Successfully complete all unit-based and hospital competencies.
• Perform nursing treatments and procedures according to hospital policy and specialty practice standards.
• Maintain current CPR certification.
• Prepare and administer medications and treatments safely according to physician orders.
• Collaborate effectively with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to provide holistic patient care.
• Document all aspects of patient care from admission through discharge.
• Incorporate discharge planning into daily practice to promote smooth transitions of care.
• Provide cost-effective care through appropriate use of supplies, time, and personnel.
• Participate actively in unit staff meetings.
• Assist in achieving unit goals and objectives.
• Foster a positive work environment that promotes teamwork, engagement, and staff retention.
• Assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as assigned.
• Supervise, direct, and teach staff as appropriate.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and performance improvement activities.
• Participate in the preceptor program and assist with orientation of new staff.
• Attend required weekly in-service education.

Required Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing; BSN preferred.
• Associate Degree nurses must enroll in a BSN program within six (6) to nine (9) months of hire and complete the BSN within thirty (30) months. UChicago Medicine provides 100% tuition reimbursement toward an accredited BSN program.
• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Trauma nursing background.

• One (1) or more years of surgical scrub experience.

Position Details

Job Type/FTE: 0.9 FTE

Shift: Nights 7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m

Work Location: Onsite – Hyde Park

Unit/Department: Comer Operating Room

CBA Code: NNU

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. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

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