Registered Nurse (RN), Multispecialty, Full-Time, Days

University of Chicago Medicine • Crown Point, IN

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Clinic RN in our MultiSpecialty clinic at our Crown Point location. In this role, the Clinic RN is responsible for coordinating diagnostic and therapeutic regimens for a specified group of patients, and maintains cohesiveness between clinical research, physicians, and patients. The Nurse Associate coordinates physician activities with referring physicians, nursing staff,hospital administration, ancillary services, support services, insurance companies and other departments/sections and agencies as needed, and assists the physician with a wide range of activities necessary to manage clinical research programs. In addition, the Clinic RN functions as a liaison between physicians, patients, and families, assists physicians with bedside procedures, and provides patient care in the clinic with the physician as necessary.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse, in good standing, licensed in the state of Indiana.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a hospital progressive care or intensive care unit or equivalent experience.
• Active BLS certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)

Nice To Haves

• Outpatient RN experience preferred.
• Orthopedic RN experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Conducts, responds to, follow up on, and triages patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate
• Assists physician in clinic or procedure area with patient examinations, diagnostic tests and/or therapeutic procedures.
• Counsels patients concerning lifestyle modifications, medication regimens, side effects, and interactions using an appropriate psychosocial communication level
• Communicates to clinics coordinators follow-up appointments, ancillary and/or pre-operative testing and scheduling needed for patient
• Arranges patient admissions; coordinates ordering of tests/procedures with fellows, attending, and other nursing staff
• Assists physicians in coordination of research programs by screening patients for acceptance into clinical research and outcome programs.
• Maintains office file notes, reviews charts, enters data for sectional demographic data base, assists in summarization and analysis of data

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees