Registered Nurse (RN) - Primary Care Clinic (Chicago)

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the primary care clinic navigates patients and family members through diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up across the continuum of care, supporting smooth transitions between care settings. The RN collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to address patient education, psychosocial needs, advocacy, and continuity of care. The role includes nursing assessment, individualized care planning, patient and family education, care coordination, and discharge planning within the designated specialty. This full-time position is based in Chicago and may require travel to multiple sites based on operational needs. Each teammate is required to work one late night per week and one Saturday per month. The Advocate Care Center supports people managing multiple chronic conditions and works with patients’ primary care physicians to provide additional time and resources aligned with the physician’s care plan.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
Typically requires 5 years of nursing experience, including performing nursing assessments, developing care plans, and educating patients.
Ability to travel to multiple sites based on operational business needs.
Work one late night per week and one Saturday per month.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday.
Ability to lift and support 35 pounds when handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
Ability to push and pull with 30 pounds of force and perform a sliding transfer of 150 pounds with a second person present.
Functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch, and fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures or functions.
Ability to maneuver foot pedals on carts or machines and perform physical safety interventions, including patient restraint and verbal de-escalation, if needed.
Ability to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions.
Physical Abilities Testing may be required.

Responsibilities

Ensure continuity of care and smooth transitions between care settings.
Build relationships with patients and multidisciplinary teams to facilitate and navigate subsequent treatment and follow-up.
Complete nursing assessments to identify individualized patient needs.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and other departments to develop interdisciplinary plans of care.
Provide education and support to patients and families, address psychosocial needs, advocate for patients, maintain continuity of care, and identify barriers to care.
Navigate patients and family members through diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up across the continuum of care.
Provide clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team in developing collaborative teaching plans and programs.
Plan and provide patient and family education and discharge planning, including wellness and health maintenance within the designated specialty.
Coordinate timely, seamless, evidence-based care across the care continuum to support the best patient outcomes.