Special Procedures Nurse, Full-Time, Evenings

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Special Procedures Nurse in CCD 5th Prep & Recovery at our Hyde Park campus.

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

Under the direction of an attending physician or licensed independent practitioner, the RN provides technically complex nursing care for patients undergoing specialized procedures. Responsibilities include moderate sedation, intravenous infusions, specialized monitoring during procedures and recovery, comprehensive patient assessment, documentation, patient education, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, high-quality care. The RN may also serve as Charge Nurse for the assigned unit.

Essential Job Functions

• Represents The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) in a positive manner with prospective, former, and current patients, families, visitors, faculty, staff, and the community while demonstrating knowledge of UCMC operating practices.
• Upholds the mission of UChicago Medicine by providing superior health care in a compassionate manner while respecting each patient's dignity and individuality.
• Maintains confidentiality and handles protected health information in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
• Performs clinical and procedural nursing responsibilities with efficiency and high standards of quality while ensuring appropriate protocols are followed for each procedure requiring sedation.
• Provides compassionate, patient-centered nursing care while incorporating age-specific considerations and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to meet patients' physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs.
• Accurately completes patient assessments, documentation, and clinical interpretations while exercising sound nursing judgment and communicating significant changes in patient condition.
• Recognizes changes in patient status requiring immediate intervention and initiates appropriate life-support measures while collaborating with physicians and the healthcare team.
• Maintains nursing equipment, work areas, and supplies while ensuring emergency equipment is available and functioning properly.
• Delivers exceptional customer service by utilizing AIDET principles and demonstrating flexibility in meeting patient and family needs.
• Completes all required quality assurance testing in accordance with UChicago Medicine standards.
• Assists with patient flow and staffing needs by rotating to clinical areas as needed and safely transporting sedated patients to designated recovery locations.

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.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership or Charge Nurse experience within the specialty area.
• Experience working in a procedural or research environment.
• Two (2) years of recent Critical Care experience.
• Specialty certification in the applicable clinical area.

Required Licenses/Certifications

• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current ACLS and/or PALS certification, as applicable.

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full-Time, 1.0 FTE
• Shift: Evening
• Schedule: 11:00 AM–9:30 PM, 10-hour shifts
• Weekend Requirement: No weekends
• Unit/Department: CCD 5th Prep & Recovery
• CBA Code: NNU
• Work Location: Hyde Park

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