Clinic Nurse I, Primary Care, Full-Time, Days

Join a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Clinic Nurse (RN) in the Primary Care clinic at our Hyde Park and Cottage Grove location. The Clinic Nurse in the Cottage Grove Clinic will act as our Population Health nurse, with a large portion of the job duties related to project improvement and not related to direct patient care.

As a Clinic Nurse, you will provide patient services in the clinical and research area. You will perform a wide variety of nursing care services to patients under the direction of the Clinical Nursing Supervisor, Physician Director of the practice, and/or Director of Outpatient Operations. Such services can be therapeutic or diagnostic procedures and/or administration of medication. You may participate in all aspects of research clinical trial administration, including: screening, recruitment and interviewing of subject, collection of data from hospital records, telephone follow-up with subjects, and some data entry.

Essential Job Functions

• Focuses on Healthy Planet tasks (non-clinic)
• Spirometry follow up: reaching out to schedule, curbside or indoor (phone calls/mychart) (~500 comer patients)
• MMR patients (comer peds) outreach, pend orders/adding to nurse schedule
• Lead project: abnormal results need consistent follow up; reaching out to families based on level of abnormal, keeping appointment, interpreting new levels, possible 2nd follow up
• Additional focus for cross coverage for medical advice calls and triage back up support
• Focuses on project improvements, metrics, and patient outcomes, as directed by the Medical Director
• Performs any duties involving direct patient care as assigned by the Clinical Nursing Manager nurse and directed by Nurse Practice Act and Hospital and Patient Services Sector policies and procedures, as needed
• Observes and records vital signs, assesses patient reactions and reports changes to Licensed Medical Physician
• Assists the physician with patient examinations or diagnostic procedures
• Collaborates with the Licensed Medical Physician in formulating plans of care for assigned patients.
• Works with the patient care team to carry out the agreed upon plan of care
• Administers medication in accordance with policy and procedure utilizing knowledge base to assure patient safety
• Accountable for communicating all changes in the patient’s biophysical, emotional, and spiritual status to the Licensed Medical Physician
• Promotes and has knowledge of and utilizes appropriate patient care protocol relating to the physical and psychological needs of neonatal, pediatric, and adolescent patients
• Consistently communicates with registered nurse, multidisciplinary team members and physician to enhance quality of patient care and unit activities

Required Qualifications

• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the State of Illinois
• A Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Associate Degree Nurses are required to enroll in a BSN program within six (6) to nine (9) months of hire, and make progress toward and complete their BSN degree within 30 months. ADN nurses receive 100% tuition reimbursement towards a BSN degree from an accredited program.
• Two to three years’ experience as a registered nurse
• Pediatric experience as RN preferred
• Active BLS certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)

Position Details

• Full-time (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: Days, 9:00am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday
• Work Location: Onsite
• Unit/Department: Primary Care
• 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.

Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits - UChicago Medicine [https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/careers/benefits].