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Job Description
Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as an Operating Room Nurse in the Comer Operating Room at our Hyde Park campus. This is a full-time, onsite position.
The Operating Room Nurse provides individualized, goal-directed nursing care based on professional knowledge, clinical judgment, and established standards of practice. The nurse collaborates with physicians and the interdisciplinary team to support safe, high-quality care for patients and families throughout the surgical experience.
Essential Job Functions
• Assess patient needs and provide patient- and family-centered care. • Plan and implement nursing interventions based on the scheduled procedure, patient assessment, and developmental needs. • Perform nursing treatments and procedures according to hospital policy and specialty practice standards. • Prepare and administer medications and treatments safely according to physician orders. • Evaluate patient responses, adjust nursing interventions as appropriate, and document care accurately. • Communicate and collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary team members. • Provide patient and family education that supports recovery and transitions of care. • Maintain required unit and hospital competencies and participate in continuing education. • Follow patient-safety, infection-prevention, and quality standards. • Participate in unit meetings, quality-improvement activities, and orientation of new staff. • Assume charge nurse or preceptor responsibilities as assigned. • Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. • Associate Degree in Nursing. • Current Illinois Registered Nurse license. • Current CPR certification.
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing. • Trauma nursing background. • One or more years of surgical scrub experience.
Position Details
Job Type/FTE: Full Time, 0.9 FTE Schedule: 36 hours per week; 12-hour shifts Shift: Nights, 7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m. Weekend Requirement: Every third weekend Department: Comer Operating Room Work Location: Onsite, Hyde Park Bargaining Unit: NNU



