Clinical Nurse - Medical ICU Full-time Nights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare•Chicago, IL

4d•$37 - $58

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse reflects Northwestern Medicine’s mission, vision, and values and complies with its ethical, corporate, regulatory, and accreditation standards. Based on the NMH framework for practice, the registered professional clinical nurse (RN) is accountable for providing and coordinating clinically competent, evidence-based care for an assigned group of patients. This includes diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse follows professional nursing standards and works as part of the clinical care and unit team through decision-making, teaching, mentoring, and multidisciplinary collaboration to advance the patient plan of care, achieve exceptional outcomes, and enhance unit operations. The role centers on patient advocacy, clinical expertise, community involvement, compassion, and professional engagement. The nurse develops individualized, age-specific and culturally sensitive care plans; protects patient safety and rights; evaluates and documents patient responses; educates patients, families, and colleagues; collaborates with the care team; and contributes to professional growth, quality improvement, and effective unit operations.

Requirements

Graduate of an NLN-accredited school or college of nursing.
Baccalaureate degree in Nursing or higher.
Current Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR through the American Heart Association.
Analytic ability, including conceptual and quantitative skills.
Oral, listening, and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills to interact and collaborate effectively with others in difficult situations.
Ability to use a keyboard to enter or retrieve data.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the specific clinical area.
Nursing specialty certification, if eligible.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate clinically competent, evidence-based care for an assigned group of patients, including diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Develop individualized, age-specific, culturally sensitive nursing plans of care and collaborate with patients, significant others, and the care team to establish patient-centered goals.
Advocate for patients, protect their health, safety, and rights, and maintain a safe environment.
Identify and resolve potential conflicts through established communication channels.
Pursue continuing education, develop clinical expertise, and obtain specialty certification when eligible.
Educate team members, patients, students, and families, and develop individualized patient and family education plans.
Use critical thinking to set priorities and measurable goals, implement safe and timely interventions, evaluate and document patient responses, and revise care plans as needed.
Recognize situations requiring further intervention, escalate appropriately, and consult relevant experts and resources.
Participate in team goal formation, implementation, and evaluation; appropriately delegate and supervise care interventions.
Provide complete, timely, and accurate handoffs and adhere to ethical standards of practice.
Participate in at least one volunteer initiative annually.
Build caring, respectful connections with patients and families, respond proactively to concerns, and support recovery or, when appropriate, a peaceful death.
Participate in a professional organization or a Northwestern Memorial committee or task force.
Collaborate with colleagues, disciplines, departments, and hospital services; serve as a community mentor and preceptor for new team members.
Participate in peer feedback, shared leadership, policy and procedure development, and unit-based quality improvement and innovation initiatives.
Meet internal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and support Northwestern Memorial’s strategic, operational, and fiscal goals.
Maintain a professional image and advance the professional image and practice of nursing.