Pre/Post Registered Nurse (RN), Ambulatory Surgery - Registry, Days

Join a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine Crown Point as a Pre-Op/PACU Registered Nurse (RN) at the Ambulatory Surgery Center. UChicago Medicine is an integrated academic and community health system with multiple primary medical facilities within the surrounding suburbs of Chicago and Northwest Indiana. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity

Under the direction of the PACU Charge RN/Nurse Manager, responsible for pre-admission, preoperative and postoperative care of the patient. Directs professional and other health care personnel in the delivery of nursing care to the surgical patients; provides patient education; complies with standards, policies, procedures; supports the vision and mission of Ingalls Ambulatory Surgery Center. The position will have a wide range of access to protected health information ("PHI") and understands the importance of confidentiality regarding all patient information pursuant to HIPAA policies and procedures.

Essential Job Functions

• Collaborates closely with physicians to assess, design, coordinate, implement and evaluate the patients’ plan of care and the patients’ outcomes

• Demonstrates the necessary skills and knowledge to provide complex nursing skills and delegates tasks to other Care Team members according to unit-specific competencies as appropriate to the age of the patients served

• Performs nursing duties, documents in electronic medical records

• Participate in suite turnover/cleaning and patient transportation

• Pre-admission screening phones calls, medical history review, providing patient instructions and post discharge phone calls

• Maintains effective communication and a working relationship with patients, families, physicians, co-workers, management and ancillary departments, and acts as a preceptor

• Responsible for safe administration of medications, performing waived lab testing

• Participates in huddles, staff meetings and check email at least once a month

• Performs other duties assigned

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• Current RN licensed in the state of Indiana

• Active BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of critical care nursing experience

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Registry (0.10)

• Shift: Days (8-hour shifts)

• Work Location: Onsite

• Unit/Department: Ambulatory Surgery

• CBA Code: Non-Union