Weekend Program Staff Nurse

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine , as an Operating Room Nurse on our Weekend Program team located in our CCD 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 ability to work with physicians that are constantly pushing the bounds of possibility forward, conducting groundbreaking research and providing lifesaving, personalized patient care.

This position is 100% onsite opportunity.

You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

• Utilizes assessment skills to determine patient needs in order to provide comprehensive patient/family care for patients from neonate to geriatric population.
• Identifies learning needs of patients and their family which directly influence patient recovery and develops teaching methods to enhance learning.
• Implement nursing actions based on scheduled surgery, patient assessment, patient developmental needs and incorporates actions into written plan of care
• Evaluates care given and allows for alterations in nursing interventions to meet the changing needs or conditions of the patient. Documents appropriately in patient care records
• Successfully completes unit based and hospital competencies as designated
• competently performs nursing treatments and procedures according to hospital policy and nursing practice within clinical specialty as documented by the respective clinical rotational checklists
• Maintains current CPR certification
• Prepares and administers medication/treatment according to the physician's orders utilizing knowledge base to assure patient safety.
• Works collaboratively with other health team members in providing a holistic approach to health care. Communicates changes to all team members as appropriate
• Documents all aspects of patient care from admission to discharge according to hospital policies
• Incorporates discharge planning measures into daily practice in order to provide patients with smooth transition from hospital to home
• Provides cost-effective care by proper use of time, supplies and personnel