Registered Nurse RMG Rheumatology Full-time Days
About The Position
The Staff Nurse Physician Group reflects Northwestern Medicine’s mission, vision, and values and complies with its Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program, relevant policies and procedures, and applicable regulatory and accreditation standards. The nurse provides clinically competent professional nursing care to patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The role involves interacting effectively with patients, significant others, and other healthcare team members while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice. The nurse is also responsible for phone triage, delivering abnormal test results, and providing corresponding care instructions. This is a Monday through Friday day position, with hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The role does not require weekend work and observes major Northwestern Medicine holidays. Rheumatology experience is preferred.
Requirements
- Current experience within the past five years or a new nursing graduate within the past two years.
- State-licensed Registered Nurse for the state of employment.
- Basic Life Support (CPR).
Nice To Haves
- Rheumatology experience.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- One year of experience in a pertinent clinical specialty.
- Proficiency in a second language.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care using evidence-based practice to promote patient safety and reduce the likelihood of healthcare errors.
- Administer medications according to the six medication rights and the patient's age and clinical condition.
- Explain the rationale for clinical decisions using critical thinking.
- Assess, analyze, validate, and integrate data about patients’ physical, psychosocial, rehabilitation, safety, learning, spiritual, cultural, age-specific, special-risk, and self-care needs.
- Identify patient care needs, problems, and variances and incorporate them into the plan of care.
- Identify patients’ learning needs, abilities, preferences, and readiness, as well as support systems, coping mechanisms, and barriers to learning.
- Explain procedures, therapies, and treatments to patients and families; evaluate and document their responses to teaching.
- Use appropriate resources to provide patient and family education.
- Involve patients and families in forming the plan of care.
- Develop, implement, and update individualized plans of care based on identified needs, including nursing, teaching, continuity-of-care, and discharge planning.
- Assess and reassess pain, use appropriate pain-management techniques, and educate patients and families about pain management.
- Use results of quality-improvement activities to initiate changes in nursing practice and healthcare delivery.
- Participate in shared governance, committee work, and practice or department projects.
- Perform phone triage and communicate abnormal test results with corresponding care instructions.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Loan forgiveness
- 401(k) matching
- A wide range of benefits supporting employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection from unexpected life events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
