Job Description
Weekends Friday, Saturday and Sunday
$2,000 Sign on Bonus
Internal transfers and new grad hires are not eligible for a sign-on bonus
Surgical Intermediate Care Unit (2A)
- 26-bed unit designed to provide treatment, care, and service to adult patients with acute medical, surgical and cardiac conditions specializing in complicated surgeries.
- Patient population will include but are not limited to esophagectomies, whipples, surgical-oncology cases, high-volume liposuction, multi-level spinal fusions, and vascular cases.
Other opportunities for this unit will be any surgical patients that require a medication drip that is not appropriate for the medical-surgical inpatient unit.
- This unit will also be open to medical step-down and overflow patients to enhance hospital throughput.
- Direct care of the 2A patients will be provided by registered nurses with an ideal ratio of 1 : 3-4 patients for step down level of care.
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Qualifications
Required :
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse
- Basic Life Support
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to collaborate with others
- Strong analytic abilities
- Additional requirements for the Emergency Room :
- ACLS
- PALS / ENPC & TNCC within one year of hire
- Additional requirements for the Pediatric Emergency Room :
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- TNCC within one year of hire
Preferred :
- Experience in specific clinical area
- Additional preferences for the Emergency Room and the Pediatric Emergency Room :
- Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS)
- Emergency Communications Registered Nurse
- Certified Pediatric Nurse
- Certified Emergency Nurse
Addendum #1- Prepost PACU Department
- PALS
- ACLS
Additional Information
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.