Louis A Weiss Memorial Medical Center, LLC

Weiss Memorial Hospital has been serving Chicago’s North Side and surrounding communities providing excellent health care services for over 60 years. We are a 236-bed, Joint Commission-accredited facility providing a full range of health care services to meet the needs of our diverse community. We have grown to better serve our community to include more than 450 doctors representing 42 medical specialties and more than 800 employees, all committed to providing you with personalized care. We are looking for exceptional people who share our mission and values to join our team!

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

1. Graduate of an accredited program of professional nursing education (BSN Degree)
2. Current license as a registered nurse in the state of Illinois.
3. CPR Certification - required
4. "1" year of recent perioperative experience or complete approved college perioperative program; preferred. Nurses who do not meet this requirement must complete a surgical competency-based orientation program successfully.
5. 1 year Circulating experience.
6. CNOR preferred.
7. Scrub experience preferred.

JOB DUTIES (*denotes "Essential Function")

1. Demonstrates the Resilience Healthcare Customer Service Values, which are key in providing quality service to patients and customers. *Transcribes and composes documents, memos, reports, correspondence, orders, policies, and other assignments.*
2. Assess treatment and care for specific patient populations and plans age appropriate care.  Utilizes hands on physical assessment skills and interview techniques to formulate a clinical data base; analyzes collected information derived from patient and other sources to identify age-appropriate patient problems and needs.  Re-assesses on an ongoing basis and documents findings or changes in condition in the progress notes.  Assess severity of findings and obtains physician intervention as warranted. *
3. Uses data gained through assessment and collaboration with the health care team to develop a plan of care for each identified patient problem. *
4. Independently implements plan of care utilizing professional nursing skills and collaborates with and instructs patients, members of family/significant other and heath care team.  Demonstrates ability to function in emergency situations. *
5. Uses the nursing process to formulate appropriate questions for measuring outcomes.  Evaluates patient responses to therapeutic intervention.  Uses multiple sources of information to validate findings.  Makes judgments based on the data collected. *
6. Documents selective data on appropriate forms and enters designated information into the computer.  Actively participates in the Quality Assurance and Improvement Process. *
7. Supports department of nursing and hospital policy and procedures.
8. Performs scrub and circulating duties. *
9. Operates electrocautery, tourniquets, autoclaves, positioning equipment, tables, and the perioperative suite. *
10. Complies with surgery department policy and procedures.  Complies with the Standards, Recommended Practices, & Guidelines established by AORN.  Complies with staffing rotations. *
11. Demonstrates responsibility for own professional practice and growth by ensuring clinical knowledge base and skills are maintained and enhanced. 
12. Organizes on a continuum due to the changing status of the patients and environment.
13. Maintains environment and equipment in an appropriate manner.  Supports unit teams.  Resolves problems.  Supports customer service.

Weiss Memorial Hospital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.