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Registered Nurse-Critical Care Float Part-Time Nights

Northwestern Medicine · Winfield, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Part-time nights floating critical care at Winfield. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: The posting states the hours, the shift and the site.

What would you do

How do you take report in an intensive care unit you have not worked recently?

What they are checking: Floating in critical care raises the stakes on a handover.

You arrive at a code that is already under way. What do you do first?

What they are checking: The posting names participation on the code blue team.

How do you advise a floor nurse who has called you about a patient?

What they are checking: The posting names RN and telemetry consults as part of the critical response role.

What do you do if you are assigned patients you do not feel competent to take?

What they are checking: Refusing an unsafe assignment is a professional duty and it takes nerve.

What is thinner overnight, and how do you work around it as a float?

What they are checking: The posting is nights and float nurses have the fewest resources overnight.

About the work

Tell me about your critical care nursing experience.

What they are checking: The posting is a critical care float role at Winfield.

Tell me about your part on a rapid response call.

What they are checking: The posting names participation on the rapid response team.

How do you manage a patient on a ventilator and several drips?

What they are checking: The core technical work of intensive care.

What do the eight behaviors of hourly rounding mean to you in practice?

What they are checking: The posting names them specifically.

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The full job description

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Registered Nurse-Critical Care Float Part-Time Nights The RN Float-Critical Care 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. A clinically competent, registered, professional nurse who prescribes, delegates and coordinates nursing care to the acutely ill patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation and evaluation. Effectively interacts with patient, significant others, and other health team members, while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice. Responsibilities: • Nursing Process - Collects and analyzes data, identifies expected outcomes, develops and implements an individualized plan, coordinates care delivery and evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes. • Consistently demonstrates the eight key behaviors of hourly rounding. • Directs care and determines the appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in providing direct patient care. • Performs role as critical response RN effectively including participation on the rapid response and code blue teams, RN/tele consults, and patient visitations. • Creates a documented plan, focused on outcomes and decisions related to the care and delivery of services that indicates communications with patients, families, and others. Required: • Bachelor of Science in Nursing • Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse • CPR – Basic Life Support • CPR – Advanced Cardiac Life Support Preferred: • Telemetry skills – must pass a basic EKG test within one month of hire Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.

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