Float Registered Nurse-Delnor Resource Team Nights

Float Registered Nurse – Delnor Resource Team (Full Time, Nights)

Join Northwestern Medicine as a full‑time night floating RN on the Delnor Resource Team. This role offers a competitive sign‑on bonus of $3,000 paid in three equal installments over the first year of employment for candidates with 1+ years of RN experience.

The schedule consists of three 12‑hour shifts per week, 7 p.m. – 7:30 a.m., with every third weekend (Friday and Saturday nights) and rotating holidays required.

The registered nurse is an integral part of the inpatient team, upholding NM’s mission, vision, values, and Code of Ethics. The position requires adherence to all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulatory standards.

• Prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care to acutely ill patients through the nursing process (assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, evaluation).
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and team members while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice.
• Collect and analyze data, identify expected outcomes, and implement individualized care plans, coordinating care delivery and evaluating progress.
• Determine appropriate utilization of assistants involved in direct patient care.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; document care plans focused on outcomes and decisions.
• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects.
• Document patient responses to nursing interventions in the health record and individualize the plan of care based on evaluation of findings.
• Utilize best available evidence, including research, to guide practice decisions.

Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) with commitment to obtain a BSN within three years of employment.
• Current Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative, and analytic skills.

Preferred:

• Experience in acute care nursing.

Northwestern Medicine is an equal‑opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history; results are evaluated case by case per local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

We offer a wide range of benefits that support physical, emotional, and financial well‑being. Please visit the Benefits section for details.

Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within one year are not eligible. Exception:
New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position may be eligible depending on the job family.