Lead Registered Nurse

2 weeks ago

Chicago, United States US Fertility Full time

Be a part of a team dedicated to helping people build families


Fertility Centers of Illinois is one of the nation’s leading infertility treatment practices, providing advanced reproductive endocrinology services in the Chicagoland area for more than 30 years.

At Fertility Centers of Illinois we believe that every person, every couple, deserves compassionate care during the fertility treatment process. Every member of our team is dedicated to providing our patients every possible opportunity for successful family-building.

Our goal is simple: to provide the highest quality of care that results in a healthy pregnancy for our patients.


Together, we make families happen

  • Eleven (11) nationally and internationally recognized, fellowship-trained physicians.
  • Over 42,000 babies born
  • More In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) procedures than any other practice in the Midwest-more than 25,000 since 1997.
  • State-of-art facilities offering a less costly alternative than hospitals.
  • The only infertility practice in the Midwest providing professional counseling from in-house, licensed, clinical psychologists and behavioral health specialists.
  • One of the nation’s first fertility practices to integrate holistic/mind-body approaches to complement medical treatment.
  • Every day of every year, Fertility Centers of Illinois brings three (3) babies into the world

What if each day you could….

  • Make a difference in the lives of others
  • Fulfill the dreams of parenthood for a couple or individual
  • Work in a team environment that has a common goal
  • See challenges as opportunities to excel and grow as an individual while contributing to an important mission

You can do this here at Fertility Centers of Illinois


We are looking for a full-time Lead Registered Nurse of Surgical Services for our River North, Chicago surgery center.


The Lead Registered Nurse of Surgical Services at Fertility Centers of Illinois is responsible for directing on-site nursing care within the center for patients undergoing surgical, urological, and assisted reproductive procedures.


Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Oversees daily operations in conjunction with the management team.
  • Maintains a high degree of clinical expertise regarding surgical services.
  • Develop creative solutions to maintain the patient experience throughout the surgical suite.
  • Directs nursing care within the surgical and recovery suite.
  • Assures staffing coverage in accordance with staffing plan.
  • Approves requests for time off in accordance with staffing plan and applicable organizational policies.
  • Collaborate with Human Resources to properly interview, hire and onboard employees within the Surgical department. Initiate appropriate employee support and resolution as indicated.
  • Responsible for clinical and surgical administrative staff training and development for the surgical suite.
  • Monitors monthly expenses and provides forecasts for expenses variances.
  • Works with the Director of the Ambulatory Surgery Center to anticipate equipment and growth needs and submits Capital Budget requests in conjunction with the annual budgeting process.
  • Responsible for management of unit supplies and assuring availability of supplies and equipment necessary to deliver quality patient care.
  • Maintains continuous unit accountability, including management of emergent or emergency needs.
  • Acts as a liaison with physicians, administrative staff, nursing staff, sonographers, anesthesia providers, and embryology teams to ensure cases are scheduled appropriately, adequate staff is available, and Anesthesia is properly scheduled for cases.
  • Maintains all required regulatory records, including: Patient Log, Narcotic Log, Drug Outdates, Crash Cart Log, Doctor’s Preference Cards, Autoclave Sterilization Log and refrigerator logs.
  • Assures continuous compliance with AAAHC and other regulatory standards for surgical services.
  • Acts as a liaison with Anesthesiology providers regarding collaboration of care (ie, drugs, changes, new drugs, equipment, et.).
  • Provides training and in-service for new equipment or surgical techniques to staff.
  • Ensures regulatory standards are maintained for staff drills (such as Code Blue, Malignant Hypothermia, etc.) and drills take place in the prescribed frequency.
  • Maintains updated policies and procedures. Understands and articulates process for policy and procedure initiation and review, following through on revisions in a timely manner. Disseminates SOP’s to anesthesia vendors, staff and physicians as necessary.
  • Monitors compliance with established practice and Corporate SOPs, including HIPAA and OSHA/BBP Standards.
  • Understands and monitors compliance with applicable Accreditation Standards, namely AAAHC.
  • Maintains knowledge of healthcare regulations and assists with education about and implementation of new regulations as needed.
  • Assures compliance with Regulatory Standards.
  • Practices in accordance with applicable Practice Acts as described in the Illinois Code of Regulations.
  • Stays up to date on infection control issues relative to the practice.
  • Educates staff regarding infection control practices.
  • Ensures appropriate tools available to allow staff to adhere to infection control SOP’s.


Position Requirements:

  • Current Illinois Registered Nurse licensure required.
  • Surgical nurse certification (AORN, CNOR, etc.) is a plus.
  • Current ACLS certification required.
  • Minimum three (3) years’ nursing management/ supervisory experience required, prefer ability within fertility or women’s health.
  • 2 -3 years recent clinical experience in Operating / Procedure Room, experience with women’s health/urology preferred.
  • Strong technical and clinical assessment skills.
  • Ability to make independent judgments with respect to the appropriateness of care to be delivered.
  • Ability to work directly with the surgical team to provide rare, unanticipated procedure coverage.
  • Flexibility with on-site work schedule including rare on-call coverage.
  • Ability to work well in a very fast-paced environment with a high patient volume, while maintaining composure and an individualized, compassionate approach to patient care.


The Fertility Centers of Illinois can offer you the following benefits:

  • An amazing opportunity for you to make a transformative difference in people’s lives
  • Medical, dental, life, 401K, STD, LTD, life insurance and vision coverage for full-time employees.
  • A very generous PTO policy of (7) paid holidays and two (2) floating holidays.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits.
  • Tuition reimbursement ($4,500.00) for full time employees after one year
  • Flexible Spending Account.


All offers of employment with Fertility Centers of Illinois are contingent upon the background check, drug screen and reference check process.

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