Registered Nurse-CVOR Eligible

Salary range: $34.50 - $55.20 per hour. Sign‑on bonus: $20,000. Placement within the range depends on experience and internal equity. For union positions, placement is guided by the collective bargaining agreement.

• $10,000 tuition reimbursement per year ($5,700 part‑time)
• $10,000 student loan repayment ($5,000 part‑time)
• $1,000 professional development stipend per year ($500 part‑time)
• $250 wellbeing fund per year ($125 part‑time)
• 401(k) match
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Annual salary increase and incentive bonus
• Paid time off, holiday pay

Starting pay for RN's with 1 year of experience is $42.23/hour.

Stand‑by on‑call pay: $13/hour.

We are seeking CVOR professionals to help launch and shape a new heart program at Lake Forest Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to bring your operating‑room expertise to a team committed to excellence. Join us as we build a program to expand access to advanced cardiovascular services and set a new standard in heart care for our community. You will play a vital role in establishing a strong foundation for a program that will make a lasting impact, one heart at a time.

• We are seeking candidates with prior CVOR or OR RN experience.
• This is an exciting new program for Lake Forest Hospital! Candidates hired would train at several other Northwestern Medicine locations.

• Performs a comprehensive assessment on all assigned patients as evidenced by completed documentation.
• Communicates changes in patient’s condition promptly.
• Utilizes appropriate nursing diagnosis and assessment data to derive realistic outcomes and documents them as measurable goals on the plan of care; modifies care plan, if indicated, to identify realistic patient goals.
• Identifies and prioritizes patient needs and/or nursing diagnoses for patients and documents.
• Collaborates with patient, family, and other members of the health‑care team when planning patient care and documents accordingly. Assesses patients with regard to discharge planning and makes the appropriate referrals as necessary.
• Evaluates and documents the patient response to nursing interventions and alters the plan of care as necessary.
• Assures completed discharge instructions, medication reconciliation, and provides information to patient/family regarding the use of the patient portal and other pertinent resources.

• Supports patient/family/spiritual/cultural needs when assessing the patient and family needs for teaching; identifies the patient's learning level and readiness, and documents education record.
• Utilizes the teach‑back methodology for advancing patient education about medication side effects and new medication education.
• Utilizes and distributes Krames for patient education/clinical condition.
• Utilizes culture vision as a resource in care planning and delivery.
• Treats patients, families and staff in a caring manner with respect and dignity.
• Acknowledges and values the contributions of patient’s significant others as an integral part of the plan of care.
• Adheres to ethical standards of practice.
• Calls for an ethics consult when appropriate.

• Implements nursing interventions consistent with the established plan of care based on evidence‑based care.
• Maintains and advances the professional image and science of nursing and the practice of professional nursing through the use of best available evidence utilizing resources such as Ovid/Joanna Briggs, Up to Date, Culture Vision, and other reliable sources of evidence.
• Demonstrates active involvement in the clinical LADDER project or process improvement at the unit/organization level.

• Demonstrates safe medication administration through the use of barcoding.
• Promotes and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.
• Conveys complete, timely, and accurate information at bedside shift report/hand‑off.
• Rounds hourly in collaboration with patient care technician.
• Protects patients by maintaining a safe environment of excellence.
• Demonstrates innovation and participation in meeting unit‑based and organizational quality metrics on the exceptional care…