Surgical Services Clinical Nurse - OR Experienced, Full-time, All Shifts

Company Description

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?

Job Description

Please apply to this posting if you have at least one year of professional experience as a nurse in the Operating Room.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital offers the culture, technology, training and support that nurses need to deliver excellent care in a state-of-the-art facility. Nurses in our Operating Room are expected to both circulate and scrub in a variety of surgical cases. Our various surgical service lines perform more than 33,000 cases annually and include top talent. Our multidisciplinary teams work together to value each individual’s contribution to optimize positive patient outcomes.

Service lines include:

• Cardiac
• ENT
• General
• Gynecology
• Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Plastics
• Robotic surgery
• Spine
• Transplant
• Trauma
• Urology
• Vascular/Thoracic

Northwestern Memorial Hospital has 60+ operating rooms.

• Feinberg Pavilion – Main operating room pavilion, open 24/7 for scheduled and urgent/emergent cases.
• Prentice Women’s Hospital – Focusing on women’s health (gyne, breast, plastics, and robotics).
• Lavin Family Pavilion – Outpatient procedures, including ophthalmology, ENT, general surgery, plastics, orthopedics, and spine.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is certified as a Level I trauma center and stroke center and offers high-quality specialty emergency and trauma services.

OR Scheduling and Call Requirements:

• Team members will rotate onto the weekend and be required to staff holiday shifts.
• You will be required to take call with a 30-minute response time. Call varies depending on service line assigned, with a minimum call requirement of 60 hours in a six-week period.

Professional Growth:

• Tuition reimbursement and reimbursable professional development available.
• CNOR Certification is an expectation after two years of OR experience. Certification reimbursed by NMH through professional development funds.
• Professional development reimbursement: $1,000 Full-time/$500 Part-time per fiscal year.
• Tuition reimbursement: $10,000 Full-time/$5,700 Part-time per fiscal year.
• Student loan repayment: Full-time employees eligible for $100 per month up to $10,000 lifetime maximum/Part-time employees eligible for $50 per month up to $5,000 lifetime maximum.

The Surgical Services Clinical Nurse reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The role of the professional clinical nurse is unique and essential to the care of the patient. The nurse demonstrates that unique and essential function through the framework for nursing practice.

Advocate:

• Practices in accordance with the patient centered care model.
• Develops an individualized age-specific culturally sensitive nursing plan of care for the patient that is based on the nursing process.
• Incorporates the role of patient advocate into the plan of care.
• Uses a team approach to develop and achieve daily patient-centered individualized care goals.
• Acknowledges and values the contributions of the patient's significant others as an integral part of the plan of care.
• Identifies potential conflict situations and facilitates resolution using established communication channels.
• Promotes and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.
• Protects patients by maintaining a safe environment.
• Participate in research-related activities which includes evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives.
• Practices safe surgery specific post-operative care to include assessment, potential complications and discharge teaching.
• Identifies potential pre-anesthetic surgical risks factors.

Clinical Expert:

• Advances clinical expertise, as demonstrated through pursuit of informal and formal continuing education opportuniti