PACU/PAT Staff Nurse, Ambulatory Surgery- Registry

University of Chicago Medicine • Tinley Park, IL

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial as an PACU/PAT Nurse at the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Tinley Park. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area. Under the direction of the PACU Charge RN/Nurse Manager, responsible for pre-admission, preoperative, and postoperative care of the patient. Directs professional and other health care personnel in the delivery of nursing care to surgical patients; provides patient education; complies with standards, policies, and procedures; supports the vision and mission of Ingalls Ambulatory Surgery Center. The position will have a wide range of access to protected health information ("PHI") and understands the importance of confidentiality regarding all patient information under HIPAA policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of Perioperative experience, preferably ambulatory surgery
• Computer literacy (knowledge of EPIC is preferred)
• Ability to plan and lead clinical operations as a member of a management team.
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergencies
• Ability to maintain effective communication and a working relationship with patients, families, physicians, co-workers, management, and ancillary department
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Bachelors of Sciences in Nursing (BSN) required
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS required

Responsibilities

• Collaborates closely with physicians to assess, design, coordinate, implement and evaluate the patient's plan of care and the patient's outcomes.
• Performs nursing duties, documents in electronic medical records, demonstrates the necessary skills and knowledge to provide complex nursing skills and delegates tasks to other Care Team members according to unit-specific competencies as appropriate to the age of the patients served, responsible for safe administration of medications, performing waived lab testing and, pre-admission screening phones calls, medical history review, providing patient instructions and post-discharge phone calls
• Participate in suite turnover/cleaning and patient transportation
• Acts as a preceptor
• Participates in huddles, and staff meetings and checks email at least once a month.
• Performs other duties assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time