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Registered Nurse-Emergency Department Full Time Nights Weekends Program

Northwestern Medicine · McHenry, IL · Full time · Health Care Provider

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

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About your past

This is a weekends-only program. What does working only weekends change about what you have to know?

What they are checking: The posting states the weekends only arrangement.

Six in the evening to half past six in the morning, weekends only at McHenry. How does that fit your life?

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

What would you do

A patient in the waiting area looks worse than their triage note suggests. What do you do?

What they are checking: The emergency department catch that depends on someone noticing.

The department fills and there are no beds upstairs. How does that change your shift?

What they are checking: Boarding is the defining operational problem of any emergency department.

Several serious patients arrive at once overnight. How do you work through that?

What they are checking: The posting is nights, when the department has the fewest resources.

How do you handle an agitated or intoxicated patient safely?

What they are checking: Overnight emergency work involves this every shift and safety depends on the approach.

What is thinner in a community emergency department overnight?

What they are checking: Specialists and support services are off site after hours.

How do you stay connected to what changed during the week?

What they are checking: A weekend-only nurse misses weekday communication entirely.

About the work

Tell me about your emergency nursing experience.

What they are checking: The posting is an emergency department nursing role at McHenry.

How do you decide who needs to be seen first?

What they are checking: Triage judgment is the skill an emergency nurse is hired for.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

Join our growing Emergency Department team! Deliver exceptional patient-centered care in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where collaboration, communication, and clinical excellence drive everything we do. Work alongside a supportive team that is passionate about making a difference for patients and families when they need us most. • Night shift: 6pm-6:30am • Weekends only program The Staff Nurse Inpatient 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. Responsibilities: • 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. • Collects and analyzes data, identifies expected outcomes, develops and implements an individualized plan, coordinates care delivery and evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes. • Directs care and determines the appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in providing direct patient care. • Collaborates with patient, family, physicians and ancillary staff. 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. • Participates in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects. • Evaluates and documents the patient’s responses to nursing interventions in the health record and properly individualizes the plan of care based on the evaluation of findings. • Utilizes the best available evidence, including research findings to guide practice decisions. Required : • Bachelor of Science in Nursing • Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse • Basic Life Support • Strong interpersonal skills • Ability to collaborate with others • Strong analytic abilities • Additional requirements for the Emergency Room: • ACLS • PALS/ENPC & TNCC within one year of hire • Additional requirements for the Pediatric Emergency Room: • Pediatric Advanced Life Support • TNCC within one year of hire Preferred: • Experience in specific clinical area • Additional preferences for the Emergency Room and the Pediatric Emergency Room: • Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS) • Emergency Communications Registered Nurse • Certified Pediatric Nurse • Certified Emergency Nurse Addendum #1- Prepost PACU Department • PALS • ACLS 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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