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About The Position

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current licensure as a registered professional nurse in Illinois.
• At least one year of RN work experience; new graduate RNs are not eligible.
• Ability to hold children and react quickly to emergency situations.
• Ability to lift or move patients and equipment, sometimes weighing more than 20 pounds.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is required in the Education section; the posting states BSN is preferred and ADN is accepted with a BSN commitment.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred; ADN accepted with a BSN commitment.
• At least three years of Operating Room experience preferred, including one year in a surgical specialty area at Lurie Children’s.

Responsibilities

• Provide intra-operative nursing care as a scrub nurse, circulating nurse, or credentialed RN First Assistant, following Operating Room policies.
• Coordinate specialty-service and inter-departmental communications, including with surgeons, vendors, and contracted services; ensure specialty instruments and equipment are available.
• Participate in orientation, evaluation, and continuing education for Operating Room staff.
• Facilitate effective team participation and utilization, including selecting staff with appropriate skills and using structured team conferences to evaluate patient care.
• Communicate with primary nurses and APNs to support continuity of peri-operative care.
• Assist with revising, updating, and developing Operating Room, Recovery Room, and Outpatient Surgery policies and procedures; promote compliance with applicable organizational and regulatory standards.
• Develop expenditure proposals for annual capital and operating budgets and maintain adequate specialty supplies and equipment inventory.
• Participate in hospital committees as requested and Operating Room activities, including on-call coverage.
• Perform job functions in keeping with service principles and a customer-service focus on innovation, service excellence, and teamwork.
• Demonstrate knowledge and competency in applicable protocols for chemical disinfection, high-level disinfection, and sterilization.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-paid group term life and disability insurance.
• Employer contribution toward a Health Savings Account.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• 403(b) plan with a 5% employer match.
• Voluntary supplemental life, AD&D, and disability coverage.
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity coverage.
• Tuition assistance.
• Student loan servicing and support.
• Adoption benefits.
• Backup childcare and eldercare.
• Employee Assistance Program and other behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members.
• Discounts on services at Lurie Children’s facilities.
• Discount purchasing program.
• Wellbeing programs.
• Potential differentials for some hourly employees and leadership incentives for select roles.