Registered Nurse - Traumatic Brain Innovation Center

Registered Nurse – Traumatic Brain Innovation Center – Full‑time, Days

Join Shirley Ryan Ability Lab as a registered nurse caring for patients in our Traumatic Brain Innovation Center. This role includes specialized nursing care, patient assessment, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

• Provide professional nursing care for comfort and wellbeing of patients, including specialized treatment, administering medications, and coordinating care with other departments.
• Collect physiological, psychosocial, and functional data to formulate nursing diagnoses using evidence‑based instruments.
• Assist physicians during examinations and treatments.
• Formulate nursing diagnoses, integrate data from team members, and document in written assessment.
• Assess patients, identify status changes, set priorities, and recognize crisis situations.
• Implement interventions consistent with the care plan, evaluate progress, and modify plan as needed.
• Provide patients and families with information on care, expected outcomes, and home‑care instructions.
• Prepare reports on patient care plans, complete assignment sheets, and document care.
• Review, evaluate, and recommend policy and procedural changes related to patient care.
• Perform additional duties as assigned in the best interest of the center.

Reports directly to the Nurse Manager.

• BSN/Master’s or Associate Degree in Nursing; commitment to complete BSN/MSN within 2 years.
• Active Illinois RN license.
• CPR certification.
• Knowledge of developmental growth across age groups.
• Strong communication (verbal, non‑verbal, and written).
• Ability to take ownership, meet goals, and resolve problems.
• Critical thinking and sound judgment to monitor and respond to patient needs.
• Ability to anticipate, assess, and address patient needs.
• Physical ability to transfer and position patients, lifting up to 35 lbs.

• Standard patient care environment with minimal dust or extreme temperatures.
• Moderate adverse conditions during patient care activities.
• Occasional exposure to infectious diseases.

Pay Range: $35.50–$53.71 per hour. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plan, paid time off, and tuition assistance. For more details on the benefits program, visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work. They are not exhaustive of all responsibilities.