Description
Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Physician Resource Nurse – Parenteral Nutrition Management located in Hyde Park.
At UChicago Medicine, we bring the world’s most innovative approaches to patients with all conditions, from common to complex. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with pioneering physicians and clinicians conducting groundbreaking research and providing lifesaving, personalized patient care. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You must be based in the greater Chicagoland area.
Job Summary:
As the Physician Resource Nurse within the Nutrition Support Service (NSS), you are at the forefront of delivering life-sustaining care through expert management of Parenteral Nutrition (PN) for complex inpatient and home patients. In this advanced practice nursing role, you serve as a vital link in an elite interprofessional GI Nutrition team- including physicians, dietitians, and pharmacists to develop and implement highly individualized, evidence-based nutrition support plans. This is a full-time role that blends clinical expertise, critical thinking, and innovation to ensure the safest, most effective outcomes for patients requiring specialized nutrition therapy.
This role includes:
Performing in-person comprehensive nutrition assessments, including clinical history, physical assessment, lab interpretation, and functional status evaluation to guide PN decisions.
Developing, implementing, monitoring, and adjusting individualized parenteral nutrition solutions in collaboration with the healthcare team.
Managing and troubleshooting central venous access devices and infusion-related complications.
Monitoring clinical, biochemical, and anthropometric parameters to assess response to therapy and ensure patient safety.
Providing nutrition education to patients, caregivers, and health professionals, including PN and enteral nutrition (EN) administration training for home use.
Participating in quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice implementation related to nutrition support.
Providing content-expert assurance of compliance with institutional policies and professional standards of nutrition support therapy.
Supporting transitions of care, including coordination of home PN or EN, discharge planning, and follow-up. Including close collaboration with care coordinators, home health, outpatient pharmacies, and durable medical equipment companies.
Providing general nursing support in both in-patient and out-patient settings to gastroenterologists with specialization in adult clinical nutrition.
Participating in professional education through delivery of lectures and hands-on didactic activities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an NLN-accredited school of nursing; Master’s degree preferred.
Requires a minimum of 2 years of professional nursing experience in a medical/surgical setting, with at least 1 year in an inpatient setting.
Experience in Surgical or Medical Oncology, Gastroenterology, IV Certification, Chemotherapy certification and or Oncology Nurse Certification a plus.
Demonstrated critical thinking, clinical judgment, and autonomous decision-making skills.
Effective communication, team collaboration, and patient-focused service skills.
Strong organizational ability to manage complex, high-acuity patient caseloads.
Competence in peripheral blood drawing and IV insertion.
Proficiency in electronic medical records and hospital information systems.
Required License/Certifications:
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse from the State of Illinois.
Current Basic Cardiac Life Support Resuscitation (BCLS) certification.
Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) – required within 1 year of hire.
This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of nutrition therapy innovation in a collaborative, academic medical setting, directly impacting outcomes for patients requiring complex parenteral nutrition.
