Surgical Services Clinical Nurse - Prentice OR Rotating

Surgical Services Clinical Nurse - Prentice OR, Full-time, Rotating

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At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees.

Ready to join our quest for better?

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Please apply to this posting if you have at least one year of professional experience as a nurse in the Operating Room
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital offers the culture, technology, training, and support that nurses need to deliver excellent care in a state-of-the-art facility. Nurses in our Operating Room are expected to both circulate and scrub in a variety of surgical cases. Our various surgical service lines perform more than 33,000 cases annually and include top talent. Our multidisciplinary teams work together to value each individual’s contribution to optimize positive patient outcomes.

• Gynecology
• Plastics
• Robotic surgery
• Breast

Northwestern Memorial Hospital has 60+ operating rooms.

Prentice Women’s Hospital – Focusing on women’s health (gyne, breast, plastics, and robotics).

• Team members will rotate onto the weekend and be required to take call on holidays.
• You will be required to take call with a 30-minute response time. Call requirement of 60-100 hours in a six-week period.

• Tuition reimbursement and reimbursable professional development available.
• CNOR Certification is an expectation after two years of OR experience. Certification reimbursed by NMH through professional development funds.
• Professional development reimbursement: $1,000 Full-time/$500 Part-time per fiscal year.
• Tuition reimbursement: $10,000 Full-time/$5,700 Part-time per fiscal year.
• Student loan repayment:
  Full-time employees eligible for $100 per month up to $10,000 lifetime maximum/Part-time employees eligible for $50 per month up to $5,000 lifetime maximum.

• Practices in accordance with the patient-centered care model.
• Develops an individualized age-specific culturally sensitive nursing plan of care for the patient that is based on the nursing process.
• Incorporates the role of patient advocate into the plan of care.
• Uses a team approach to develop and achieve daily patient-centered individualized care goals.
• Acknowledges and values the contributions of the patient's significant others as an integral part of the plan of care.
• Identifies potential conflict situations and facilitates resolution using established communication channels.
• Promotes and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.
• Protects patients by maintaining a safe environment.
• Participate in research-related activities which includes evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives.
• Practices safe surgery specific post-operative care to include assessment, potential complications and discharge teaching.
• Identifies potential pre-anesthetic surgical risk factors.

• Advances clinical expertise, as demonstrated through pursuit of informal and formal continuing education opportunities and obtaining specialty certification when eligible.
• Continuously enhances skills and abilities to ensure the highest quality patient care.
• Shares knowledge and expertise through educating team members, patients and students.
• Demonstrates critical thinking by integrating theoretical knowledge and expertise to pose relevant clinical questions when evidence and practice differ.
• Identifies priorities, sets realistic and measurable goals, prescribes and implements nursing interventions in a safe and timely manner.
• Develops and implements individualized education plans for patients and families using suitable instructional materials and methods.
• Evaluates and…