Surgical Services Clinical Nurse - CVT (Cardiac, Vascular, Thoracic, Transplant) OR Experienced[...]

Description

Please apply to this posting if you have at least one year of professional experience as a nurse in the Operating Room.

Service lines include :

• Cardiac
• Vascular
• Thoracic
• Abdominal Transplant

Northwestern Memorial Hospital has 60+ operating rooms. Our CVT Operating Room teams operate in the Feinberg Pavilion.

• Feinberg Pavilion – Main operating room pavilion, open 24/7 for scheduled and urgent/emergent cases
• Prentice Women’s Hospital – Focusing on women’s health: gyne, breast, plastics, and robotics
• Lavin Family Pavilion – Outpatient procedures, including ophthalmology, ENT, general surgery, plastics, orthopedics, spine

Northwestern Medicine is a Level I trauma center.

OR Scheduling and Call Requirements:

• CVT team members will rotate call requirements onto the weekend and be required to cover holiday shifts.
• You will be required to take call with a 30-minute response time. CVT call teams have two members on-call every day to support and respond to CVT emergencies and add-on cases, with a minimum call requirement of 100-120 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 funds: $1,000 FT/$500 PT per fiscal year.

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