Registered Nurse Pediatrics

Job Description

We are seeking a Pediatric Registered Nurse to join our team! You will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of assigned patients.

Responsibilities:

• Administering immunizations
• Performing routine diagnostic tests
• Rooming patients
• Taking vitals
• Phone triage
• Working closely with the physicians to maintain exceptional patient care
• Provides assessment of patients in the office and administers direct patient care as ordered by the provider.
• Manages and documents incoming patient telephone calls and assesses the need for patient appointments or delivers home care advice and management per printed triage guidelines or under the direction of a provider.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience in nursing
• Familiarity with medical software and equipment
• Ability to build rapport with patients
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

In 2012, Daniel Weissbluth, M.D., F.A.A.P. created Weissbluth Pediatrics, a Northwestern group dedicated to providing Chicago families with highly personalized, accessible and attentive care. Since then, the practice has grown to three locations and includes a team of providers, nurses, and staff who all effectively collaborate to provide this high-quality care to its families.

Resources available to "WP" families include office hours 7 days/week, a Northwestern pediatrician on-call 7 nights/week, sleep and lactation specialists, free prenatal visits, weekly parent support groups, and more. Weissbluth Pediatrics' fusion of modern technology with old-fashioned methods is designed to optimize a child's health and growth, using the best tools possible.