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Weekender Registered Nurse CDH OR Full-time Rotating

Northwestern Medicine · Winfield, 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 weekender line. How does working only weekends change what you have to know?

What they are checking: The posting is explicitly a weekender role, and it is a distinct arrangement.

Full time weekender on a rotating basis at Winfield. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: The posting states the arrangement and the site.

What would you do

Something breaks sterility. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they call it, which takes nerve in front of a surgical team.

How do you advocate for a patient who is asleep and cannot speak for themselves?

What they are checking: The posting names interacting with the patient while maintaining ANA standards, and in the OR the nurse is the only voice.

What is different about an emergency case at the weekend?

What they are checking: Weekend operating means a smaller team and fewer specialists in the building.

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

What they are checking: A weekender misses the weekday communication entirely and the drift is real.

About the work

Tell me about your operating room nursing experience.

What they are checking: Establishes the range of surgical nursing experience before anything else.

Walk me through your part in a count and what you do if it does not reconcile.

What they are checking: The most serious procedural safeguard in an operating room and the circulating nurse owns it.

How do you decide what an assistant or surgical tech can safely do?

What they are checking: The posting names determining the appropriate utilization of any assistant providing direct care.

How do you prepare for a case or a surgeon you have not worked with?

What they are checking: Weekend lists bring unfamiliar combinations and preparation is what makes it safe.

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The full job description

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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. See what our staff have to say about working at Central Dupage Hospital! https://youtu.be/0QbhDLfTW4I 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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