
Registered Nurse 2 Operating Room
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, ILFull-time$40.05–61.28/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Registered Nurse 2 in the Operating Room is a competent nurse who has mastered technical skills and uses past experience to identify patient-response patterns and implement solutions. The nurse consults with the health care team when assistance is needed and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures. The role supports patient care, safety, education, collaboration, and unit-based quality initiatives.
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Job Description
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Business Unit: Rush Medical Center
Hospital: Rush University Medical Center
Department: Operating Room
Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)
Shift: Shift 4
Work Schedule: 8 Hr (7:00:00 AM - 3:00:00 PM)
Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).
$5,000 Sign On Bonus To External Candidates
Pay Range: $40.05 - $61.28 per hour
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.
Summary:
The RN 2 is a competent nurse who has mastered technical skills. The RN 2 identifies patterns of patient responses and can use past experiences to implement solutions for current situations. The RN 2 continues to consult with other members of the health care team when the need for assistance is identified. The RN 2 exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.
Other information:
Qualifications Knowledge:
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Current State of Illinois Registered Nurse licensure required.
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Maintain current BLS certification.
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Earned nursing degree at the baccalaureate level or higher (except RN1s hired and already working at Rush University Medical Center before October, 2012). All transfers from other Rush entities must have an earned nursing degree at the baccalaureate level or higher prior to transfer into Rush University Medical Center or Rush University Medical Group.
a.May accept Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN) effective 1/9/23 up until approved number of ADN hires by Chief Nursing Officer is met with the following stipulations:
i. Baccalaureate degree must be earned within timeframe outlined in the ADN Condition of Employment.
ii. All Conditions of Employment as outline in Offer Letter must be met. Failure to do so will result in termination.
Skills:
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Analytical ability is required.
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Communication skills are required in order to lead and teach.
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Ability to interact effectively with others in difficult situations.
Abilities:
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Work requires the ability to walk throughout the Medical Center and to be standing or walking most of the designated shift.
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Work requires lifting or carrying objects 35-40lbs. and lifting and positioning patients, some of whom may exceed 300 lbs.
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The ability to check documents for errors, use a keyboard to enter or retrieve data, and closely examine specimens, images or reports is required.
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Work conditions include performing procedures where carelessness could result in injury or illness and/or contact with potentially infectious materials and/or strong chemical agents.
Responsibilities:
1.Participates in the collection of data to support unit based quality initiatives, research and evidence based activities.
2.Utilizes system wide resources to support decision making and action.
3.Recognizes patterns/groupings of problems in a specific patient population that require investigation and initiates actions to
address.
4.Communicates current evidence-based information with peers.
5.Establishes a caring, therapeutic relationship with patients and families through effective communication, acknowledgement of
patient/family perceptions of health and illness and mutual goal setting for optimal outcomes.
6.Collaborates consistently and effectively with other disciplines and services to meet the needs of patients/families.
7.Utilizes competent assessment skills to holistically evaluate the physical and psychosocial needs of patients and families.
8.Demonstrates the ability to prioritize care for complex patients based on knowledge acquired from previous clinical experiences.
9.Recognizes changes in patient status and consistently responds effectively.
10.Demonstrates consistent safe and effective use of medical devices in the delivery of patient care.
11.Demonstrates accountability for implementing policies related to safe and effective administration of medications.
12.Assesses patient safety needs consistently and implements appropriate strategies (fall precautions, infection control, suicide
risk patient identification) to minimize risk.
13.Individualizes teaching plans based on a thorough assessment to meet the learning needs of patients and families.
14.Demonstrates the ability to provide education to staff and students on the unit.
15.Demonstrates beginning leadership skills related to patient care.
16.Delegates effectively and consistently to optimize patient outcomes.
17.Demonstrates accountability for own professional practice, including progress toward achievement of annual goals.
- Other duties as assigned.
Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Position Registered Nurse 2 Operating Room
Location US:IL:Chicago
Req ID 30415
How this job compares
Set against the 58,803 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$40.05–61.28/hr
- Illinois median$36–57/hr1,362 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,707 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $50.67/hr, is 11% above the Illinois median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the top quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,733 open Registered Nurse jobs in Illinois and 58,803 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Advocate Health229 open
- Trinity Health156 open
- Prime Healthcare152 open
- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (28,608 postings).
- Education
- 4,349 of the 58,803 open Registered Nurse jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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