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

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) navigates patients and families through diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up across the continuum of care, supporting smooth transitions between care settings. The role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to address education, psychosocial needs, advocacy, and continuity of care. It includes assessing individualized patient needs, developing interdisciplinary plans of care, educating patients and families, identifying barriers to care, and coordinating timely, evidence-based care. This full-time position is based in Chicago and supports Advocate Medical Group’s primary care services. Travel to multiple sites may be required based on operational needs. The schedule includes one late night each week and one Saturday per month. The position typically requires five years of nursing experience, including nursing assessments, care plan development, and patient education, along with a state-issued Registered Nurse license and a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
Typically five years of nursing experience, including performing nursing assessments, developing care plans, and educating patients.
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 or unit conditions.
Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment as necessary when exposed to chemical and hazardous waste, blood, body fluids, and communicable disease.
Physical Abilities Testing may be required.

Responsibilities

Provide continuity of care and ensure smooth transitions between care settings.
Build relationships with patients and multidisciplinary teams to facilitate 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.
Support patients and families through education, psychosocial support, advocacy, continuity of care, and identification of barriers to care.
Navigate patients and family members through diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up across the continuum of care.
Provide clinical advice to multidisciplinary teams in designing teaching plans and planning or providing patient and family education.
Contribute to discharge planning, wellness, and health maintenance within the designated specialty.
Coordinate timely, seamless, evidence-based care across the care continuum.
Travel to multiple sites based on operational business needs.
Work one late night per week and one Saturday per month.