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Staff Nurse - Family Medicine Full-time Days

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

Posted Oct 5, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time your clinical judgment caught something a routine visit might have missed.

What they are checking: Whether they use critical thinking and can explain the reasoning behind decisions.

How do you consider cultural or language needs when giving care instructions?

What they are checking: Whether they tailor care to the whole person, as the posting describes.

How do you work with medical assistants and providers so nothing falls through the cracks?

What they are checking: Whether they coordinate and delegate clearly in an outpatient team.

What would you do

A patient calls with chest tightness and wants an appointment next week. How do you triage the call?

What they are checking: Whether they recognize emergencies by phone and direct patients to the right level of care.

A patient is upset that a refill hasn't been approved. How do you handle the call?

What they are checking: Whether they calm the patient and work with the provider to resolve it.

How do you manage a full inbox of phone messages, results and refill requests during a busy day?

What they are checking: Whether they prioritize clinic work by urgency and safety.

About the work

Walk me through how you deliver an abnormal test result to a patient.

What they are checking: Whether they share results clearly, give care instructions and confirm understanding.

What are the six rights of medication administration, and where do errors usually happen in a clinic?

What they are checking: Whether they know medication safety and where real-world errors creep in.

How do you give vaccines safely to patients of different ages in family medicine?

What they are checking: Whether they adjust dosing, technique and monitoring by age.

How do you teach a newly diagnosed diabetic patient in a short clinic visit?

What they are checking: Whether they focus education on what matters most and check understanding.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The Staff Nurse Physician Group 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. Also responsible for phone triage, abnormal test result delivery and corresponding care instructions. Responsibilities: • Performs all aspects of patient care by utilizing evidenced based practice in a manner which optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors. • Follows the six medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors, administering medications based on the age and clinical condition of the patient. • States rationale for clinical decisions based on critical thinking. • Assesses, analyzes, validates and integrates data to assess patients' physical psychosocial, rehab, safety, learning, spiritual, cultural, age-specific, special risk and self-care needs. • Identifies patient care needs, problems and variances. Identifies patient care needs, problems and variances and incorporates into care plan. • Identifies the patient's learning needs, abilities, preferences and readiness; also, identifies support systems, coping mechanisms and barriers to learning. • Explains procedures, therapies and treatments to patient and family, evaluates and documents patient and family response to teaching. • Uses appropriate resources to provide education. • Involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care. • Develops, implements and updates an individualized plan of care based on identified patient care needs. Includes nursing, teaching, continuum of care and discharge planning. • Adequately assesses and reassesses pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management. • Identifies and uses the results of quality improvement activities to initiate changes in nursing practice and in the healthcare delivery system. • Participates in shared governance, committee work, and practice/department projects. Required : • Current experience (within past five years) or new nursing graduate (within past two • years) • State Licensed Registered Nurse for State of employment • CPR – Basic Life Support Preferred: • Bachelors of Science in Nursing • One year experience in pertinent clinical specialty • Proficiency in second language 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. Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information NorthwesternMedicine Career Page https://jobs.nm.org/benefits Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings. If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: 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 as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.

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