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Staff Nurse - Family Medicine Part-time Days

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

Posted Sep 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

This role is for a nurse with less than a year of experience. What do you feel least ready for?

What they are checking: Whether a new graduate can name a gap honestly, which is what makes them safe to teach.

Tell me about a time in your training when you were not sure and had to ask.

What they are checking: Whether they ask, which matters more than what they already know.

The role covers both rooming and triage. Which will be harder for you and why?

What they are checking: Self-assessment, and whether they have thought about the job as described.

How do you plan to keep learning once orientation ends?

What they are checking: Whether they have a plan for the first year, which is when most new nurses struggle.

Tell me about feedback you were given in school or in placement that stung.

What they are checking: How they take correction, which is most of a first nursing year.

Why family medicine as a first nursing job rather than a hospital unit?

What they are checking: Whether the choice is deliberate, since most new graduates are told to start in a hospital.

What would you do

How do you decide on the phone whether someone needs to be seen today?

What they are checking: Triage judgment, and whether they know when to escalate rather than decide.

A patient tells you something in the room that they do not want the provider to know. What do you do?

What they are checking: Where confidentiality ends and clinical duty begins, which new nurses find genuinely hard.

About the work

Walk me through a phone triage call for a patient who says their child has a fever.

What they are checking: Whether they can assess without seeing the patient, which is the hardest part of this job for a new nurse.

Walk me through the six rights of medication administration and where you have seen one nearly missed.

What they are checking: Whether the fundamentals are solid and connected to real practice.

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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 Additional Information 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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