Nurse Associate (RN), Pediatric Allergy/Pulm, Full-Time, Days

University of Chicago Medicine; Illinois; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago Medicine is seeking a Nurse Associate (RN) to join the Pediatric Allergy/Pulm Clinic. You will work with the clinical team to deliver high-quality patient care and support diagnostic and therapeutic plans.

The role emphasizes coordination with physicians, research teams, and families, bedside procedures, triage calls, and helping manage clinical research programs while maintaining patient-centered communication.

Qualifications

• Must have experience working in a community health setting.
• ADN nurses must enroll in a BSN program within 6–9 months and complete BSN within 30 months; 100% tuition reimbursement toward BSN.
• Must be an actively licensed Registered Nurse in Illinois
• Minimum of two years' RN experience
• Active BLS certification from the American Heart Association

Responsibilities

• Conducts, responds to, follows up on, and triages patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate
• Assists physician in clinic or procedure area with patient examinations, diagnostic tests and/or therapeutic procedures
• Continuously monitors vital signs of patients under conscious sedation throughout procedure
• Counsels patients concerning lifestyle modifications, medication regimens, side effects, and interactions using an appropriate psychosocial communication level
• Communicates to clinics coordinators follow-up appointments, ancillary and/or pre-operative testing and scheduling needed for patient
• Arranges patient admissions; coordinates ordering of tests/procedures with fellows, attendings, and other nursing staff
• Assists physicians in coordination of research programs by screening patients for acceptance into clinical research and outcome programs; maintains office file notes, reviews charts, enters data for sectional demographic data base, assists in summarization and analysis of data

Skills

Clinical coordination

Patient counseling

Vital signs monitoring

Team communication

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

BSN degree preferred

Job description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Nurse Associate (RN) in our Pediatric Allergy/Pulm Clinic. In this role you will partner with the rest of the clinical team to provide patients the highest quality of care.

In this role, the Nurse Associate (RN) is responsible for coordinating diagnostic and therapeutic regimens for a specified group of patients, and maintains cohesiveness between clinical research, physicians, and patients. The Nurse Associate coordinates physician activities with referring physicians, nursing staff, hospital administration, ancillary services, support services, insurance companies and other departments/sections and agencies as needed, and assists the physician with a wide range of activities necessary to manage clinical research programs. In addition, the Nurse Associate functions as a liaison between physicians, patients, and families, assists physicians with bedside procedures, and provides patient care in the clinic with the physician as necessary.

Essential Job Functions:

• Conducts, responds to, follow up on, and triages patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate
• Assists physician in clinic or procedure area with patient examinations, diagnostic tests and/or therapeutic procedures.
• Continuously monitors vital signs of patients under conscious sedation throughout procedure
• Counsels patients concerning lifestyle modifications, medication regimens, side effects, and interactions using an appropriate psychosocial communication level
• Communicates to clinics coordinators follow-up appointments, ancillary and/or pre-operative testing and scheduling needed for patient
• Arranges patient admissions; coordinates ordering of tests/procedures with fellows, attendings, and other nursing staff
• Assists physicians in coordination of research programs by screening patients for acceptance into clinical research and outcome programs. Maintains office file notes, reviews charts, enters data for sectional demographic data base, assists in summarization and analysis of data

Required Qualifications:

• Must have experience working in a community health setting
• Associate Degree in Nursing; BSN degree or higher preferred.
• Associate Degree Nurses are required to enroll in a BSN program within six (6) to nine (9) months of hire, and make progress toward and complete their BSN degree within 30 months. ADN nurses receive 100% tuition reimbursement towards a BSN degree from an accredited program.
• Must be an actively licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois
• Must have a minimum of two years' experience working as an RN
• Active BLS certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)

Position Details:

• Job Type/FTE: Full-Time (1.00FTE)
• Shift: Days, Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm
• Work Location: Onsite
• Unit/Department: Pediatric Allergy/Pulm
• CBA Code: NNU