Note : Please apply to this posting if you have at least one year of professional experience as a nurse in the Operating Room . Northwestern Memorial Hospital offers the culture, technology, training, and support that nurses need to deliver excellent care in a state-of-the-art facility. Nurses in our Operating Room are expected to both circulate and scrub in a variety of surgical cases. Our various surgical service lines perform more than 33,000 cases annually and include top talent. Our multidisciplinary teams work together to value each individual’s contribution to optimize positive patient outcomes. Prentice OR service lines include : Gynecology Plastics Robotic surgery Breast Northwestern Memorial Hospital has 60+ operating rooms. Prentice Women’s Hospital – Focusing on women’s health (gyne, breast, plastics, and robotics). Northwestern Memorial Hospital is certified as a Level I trauma center and stroke center and offers high-quality specialty emergency and trauma services. OR Scheduling and Call Requirements: Team members will rotate onto the weekend and be required to take call on holidays. You will be required to take call with a 30-minute response time. Call requirement of 60-100 hours in a six-week period. Professional Growth: Tuition reimbursement and reimbursable professional development available. CNOR Certification is an expectation after two years of OR experience. Certification reimbursed by NMH through professional development funds. Professional development reimbursement: $1,000 Full-time/$500 Part-time per fiscal year. Tuition reimbursement: $10,000 Full-time/$5,700 Part-time per fiscal year. Student loan repayment: Full-time employees eligible for $100 per month up to $10,000 lifetime maximum/Part-time employees eligible for $50 per month up to $5,000 lifetime maximum. The Surgical Services Clinical Nurse reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The role of the professional clinical nurse is unique and essential to the care of the patient. The nurse demonstrates that unique and essential function through the framework for nursing practice. Advocate: Practices in accordance with the patient-centered care model. Develops an individualized age-specific culturally sensitive nursing plan of care for the patient that is based on the nursing process. Incorporates the role of patient advocate into the plan of care. Uses a team approach to develop and achieve daily patient-centered individualized care goals. Acknowledges and values the contributions of the patient's significant others as an integral part of the plan of care. Identifies potential conflict situations and facilitates resolution using established communication channels. Promotes and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient. Protects patients by maintaining a safe environment. Participate in research-related activities which includes evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives. Practices safe surgery specific post-operative care to include assessment, potential complications and discharge teaching. Identifies potential pre-anesthetic surgical risks factors. Clinical Expert: Advances clinical expertise, as demonstrated through pursuit of informal and formal continuing education opportunities and obtaining specialty certification when eligible. Continuously enhances skills and abilities to ensure the highest quality patient care. Shares knowledge and expertise through educating team members, patients and students. Demonstrates critical thinking by integrating theoretical knowledge and expertise to pose relevant clinical questions when evidence and practice differ. Identifies priorities, sets realistic and measurable goals, prescribes and implements nursing interventions in a safe and timely manner. Develops and implements individualized education plans for patients and families using suitable instructional materials and methods Evaluates and documents the patients responses to nursing interventions in the health record and properly individualizes the plan of care based on the evaluation of findings. Identifies situations that require further intervention and escalates appropriately; consults appropriate experts and resources when needed. Participates in the formation, implementation and evaluation of team goals. Appropriately delegates and supervises. interventions to implement the plan of care. Conveys complete, timely and accurate information at hand off at the bedside or any hand off. Adheres to ethical standards of practice. Possess the knowledge to intervene in the event of a complication or undesired outcome. Community Volunteer: Participates in one or more volunteer initiatives annually, Northwestern Memorial organized or on his/her own. Compassionate: Consistently demonstrates interpersonal