Nurse Navigator - OB/GYN Clinic

125 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation; Park Ridge (IL); On-site; USD 57,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Educational assistance

Job summary

Advocate Medical Group (AMG) in Park Ridge, IL is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse in Obstetrics/Gynecology. The role requires a state RN license and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, with typical practice experience in nursing assessments, care plan development, and patient education.

Responsibilities include ensuring continuity of care, coordinating with a multidisciplinary team, and providing education to patients and families.

Qualifications

• RN license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Typically requires 5 years of nursing experience including assessments, care planning, and patient education.

Responsibilities

• Provides continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings.
• Develops a relationship with patient and multidisciplinary team to facilitate treatment and follow-up.
• Completes a nursing assessment to identify individualized needs and collaborates with the team to develop an interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Educates patients and families, addresses psychosocial needs, and identifies barriers to care.
• Guides patients and families through diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up across the care continuum.
• Contributes clinical expertise to teaching plans and discharge planning, including wellness and health maintenance.
• Coordinates timely, evidence-based care across the care continuum to achieve best outcomes.

Skills

RN clinical skills

Nursing assessments

Care plan development

Patient education

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Department: 02250 AMG Park Ridge 1875 Dempster POB - Obstetrics/Gynecology

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule: Monday-Friday: 830 AM - 500 PM

Pay Range: $41.10 - $61.65

Where You Will Work: Advocate Medical Group (AMG) is part of Advocate Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems. With more than 350 locations across Illinois and Wisconsin, AMG offers a wide range of specialties and services, including primary care, medical and surgical care, pediatrics, women’s health, behavioral health, and more. Our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional care and improving health outcomes in the communities we serve. Joining AMG means being part of a collaborative, patient-focused environment where innovation and quality care thrive. We’re Looking For: Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. Typically requires 5 years of experience in nursing that includes performing nursing assessments, care plan development, and educating patients.

We’re Looking For

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. Typical requires 5 years of experience in nursing that includes performing nursing assessments, care plan development, and educating patients.

What You’ll Do

• Provides continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings.
• Develops a relationship with patient and their multidisciplinary team to facilitate and/or navigate through subsequent treatment and follow-up to reflect continuity of care.
• Completes a nursing assessment to identify the patient's individualized needs and collaborates with multidisciplinary team and other departments to develop an interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Supports the patient and family by providing education, addressing psychosocial needs, advocating, providing continuity of care and identifying barriers to care.
• Navigates patients and family members throughout the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the patient throughout the continuum of care.
• Provides expert clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team in designing collaborative teaching plans/programs and in planning/providing patient/family education and discharge planning including wellness and health maintenance within designated specialty.
• Coordinates timely, seamless, evidenced based care across the care continuum resulting in best patient outcomes.

About This Location

Park Ridge Be the Nurse Who Redefines Care. At Advocate Health, being a nurse means more than delivering exceptional clinical care—it means leading with purpose, compassion, and boldness. As part of our One Advocate Nurse community, you’ll join a unified team committed to lifting others up, embracing innovation, and creating inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive. You’ll be empowered to think boldly, collaborate with humility, and drive change through fearless curiosity. Whether you're at the bedside, in the community, or advancing care through research and education, you’ll help shape the future of health—because here, we’re redefining care for you, for us, for all. Your feedback matters. Every nurse’s voice is vital in shaping our culture and improving care. We value your insights and experiences because they help us grow stronger together.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Must be able to: push/pull with 30 lbs. of force and perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present.
• Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions.
• Maneuver foot pedals on carts or machines.
• Perform physical safety interventions such as patient restraint and verbal de-escalation, if needed.
• May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease.
• Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
• Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions.
• Physical Abilities Testing may be required.
• Additional department specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the nurse leader.

Our Commitment to You

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs Educational Assistance Program Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Transformation One shared purpose brought us together

Now, as one of the 10 largest not-for-profit, integrated health systems in the United States, our combined strength and stability drives us forward. Starting with You Caring for nearly 3 million people has inspired a transformation. One in which the patient’s experience guides our vision and empowers us to offer new possibilities in our communities.

Reshaping Access

Inspiring Professionals

Transforming Care

We’re redefining the standard for care with world-class doctors and caregivers, innovative solutions, outstanding outcomes, and leading-edge research and clinical trials.

Combined, Advocate and Aurora are recognized for clinical excellence in:

• Cardiovascular Care
• Neurosciences
• Gynecology
• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Primary Care
• Neurology
• Geriatrics
• Trauma Care