Registered Nurse (RN) - Family Medicine

Advocate Aurora10 months ago
Chicago, IL, United States
On-site
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

Position Overview

This Registered Nurse role is dedicated to delivering patient‐centered, holistic care while ensuring clinical excellence, compassionate leadership, and continuous professional growth. The nurse will work across diverse care settings, collaborating with inter-professional teams to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Patient-Centered Wholistic Care – Engage with diverse populations, honoring cultural beliefs and values while fostering life‐long relationships with patients and families.
  • Clinical Excellence – Utilize evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, and skilled dialogue to create a safe patient environment and exceptional patient experience.
  • Leadership – Participate in healthcare transformation and the nursing profession through shared governance, accountability, and expert coordination of care.
  • Compassion – Demonstrate empathy, respect, and dignity; support patients and families during vulnerable times and engage communities to improve overall health outcomes.
  • Innovation – Contribute to the future delivery of care by embracing inquiry, change, and continual improvement through performance initiatives and research.
  • Professional Growth – Commit to lifelong learning, expanding knowledge and skills to practice to the full scope of nursing.

Required Qualifications

  • Licensure: Nurse, Registered (RN) with a current Illinois RN license
  • Education & Experience: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; refer to site-specific requirements
  • Certifications: Current CPR and certifications/education required for the nursing specialty as per the Certification Addendum
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Good communication, computer, time management, and organizational skills; familiarity with patient care equipment
  • Physical Requirements: Ability to work varied shifts (including weekends and holidays), respond quickly to patient needs, lift up to 35 pounds (with proper assistance and equipment for heavier lifts), and safely work in potentially adverse conditions

Preferred Qualifications

  • BSN preferred
  • Additional Certifications: CPR-Healthcare Provider, ACLS and/or PALS as required (with specific timelines per care setting)
  • Experience Preferences:
    • Registered Nurse: 2 years’ experience preferred
    • Ambulatory Surgery Center: 1-year critical care or surgical experience
    • Cardiology: 1-year experience preferred
    • Contact Center: 2 years' experience in acute or ambulatory care
    • Endoscopy: 1-year telemetry or PACU experience preferred
    • Immediate Care: 1-year experience in critical care or ED preferred
    • Occupational Health: 1–2 years experience or relevant new graduate experience
    • Oncology: 1-year experience preferred

Benefits & Perks

  • $5000.00 Sign On Bonus – ½ payable after 90 days of hire and the remainder ½ payable after 1 year of employment (internals not included)

Required Skills

CPR
Patient-Centered Wholistic Care
Evidence-Based Practice
Leadership
ACLS
Time Management
Good Computer Skills
PALS
Compassion and Empathy
Innovation in Care Delivery
Registered Nursing
Inter-professional Collaboration
Clinical Excellence