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RN-Surgery

UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital

1 Positions

ID: 41667714

Posted On 04/02/2025

Job Overview

+ **Area of Interest:** Nursing

+ **Sign On Bonus:** $10,000

+ **FTE/Hours per pay period:** 1.0

+ **Department:** Operating Rooms

+ **Shift:** 8 hour shifts: 6:30 am - 3:00 pm, for 80 hours per pay period, and as needed. There is a holiday and on-call rotation.

+ **Job ID:** 163572

Overview

Collaborates with physicians and the multidisciplinary team while providing physical and psychological support to patients in the operative setting. Delivers safe and reliable care for patients undergoing surgical procedures, including the circulating and surgical scrub roles, utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills. Provides patient advocacy while maintaining a strong understanding of a sterile environment.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:

+ Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.

+ Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

+ Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

Direct Patient Care

+ Maintains knowledge of effectively caring for a patient undergoing anesthesia, including but not limited to general anesthesia, Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) anesthesia and regional block anesthesia, conscious sedation, and local anesthesia.

+ Utilizes critical thinking in developing nursing interventions while maintaining responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.

+ Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych/social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area.

+ Assess and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patient’s and their families’ age specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.

+ Coordinates activities with other team members in planning and implementing care within hospital policies and legal limitations.

+ Prepares the operating room for the arrival of surgical patients, assembles equipment, supplies, and instruments for surgical procedures according to preference cards and type of procedure.

+ Assists with patient care activities including transporting patient, surgical scrub prep, positioning, application of cautery ground pad, and tourniquet cuff.

+ Responsible for maintaining the integrity, safety and efficiency of the sterile field. Uses aseptic technique, Performs instrument, sponge, and sharp counts.

+ Demonstrates correct technique in handling of instruments, sutures, specimens, and medications.

+ Consistently delivers high quality care demonstrating nursing knowledge and skills in the operating room in accordance with established policies and procedures and standards of care.

+ Demonstrates initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.

+ Assists in maintaining a clean, orderly and safe environment.

+ Balances team and individual responsibilities, objective and open to other’s views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to positive team goals, puts success of team above own interest.

+ Assists with OR room turnover including opening sterile supplies and instruments.

+ Performs routine cleaning on equipment.

+ Documents patient status and care given while the patient undergoes the surgical procedure.

Clinical Excellence

+ Maintains an assertive yet supportive manner when functioning with team members and physicians.

+ Establishes a climate of mutual respect and trust with patients, families, team members and physicians.

+ Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.

+ Consults appropriate resources within the hospital to provide specialized education.

+ Participates in hospital forums, nursing governance, department staff meetings and huddles to stay informed.

+ Demonstrates initiative to improve quality and customer service.

Qualifications

Education:

+ Graduate of an accredited nursing program (Must obtain BSN within 5 years of hire)

License(s)/Certification(s):

+ Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa.

+ Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or within (3) months from date of hire

+ Must possess and maintain current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification or within (6) months from date of hire

Primary Contact

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Michelle Pickel

HR Recruiter, HR

563-589-2608

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[email protected]

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Job Details

Categories

Health Care

Location

Dubuque, IA

Job Type

Employee

Full/Part

Company ID

168

Job REQ #

41667714

\# Positions

1

Start Date

20250402

End Date

20250601

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UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital

About the Company

A CAREER AT UNITYPOINT HEALTH - FINLEY HOSPITAL

UnityPoint Health team members come for a job, but stay for a career. As a team member, regardless of your position, you'll get the chance to change lives on a daily basis in order to deliver our vision of the Best Outcome for Every Patient, Every Time. That privilege drives employees' passion for making a difference in the lives of our patients, helping them create healthier, more rewarding lives.

At UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital, we know our collective actions determine the experience we create. Our team members strive to work as one through four key values:

* Foster Unity

* Own the Moment

* Champion Excellence

* Seize Opportunity

If you are interested in joining our team, please visit http://www.unitypoint.org/dubuque/employment-opportunities to learn about our many opportunities and to fill out an online application.

ABOUT OUR HOSPITAL

UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital is a 126-bed community hospital. We employ more than 800 full-and-part-time employees. Finley Hospital is a not-for-profit, locally owned, regional healthcare facility part of the UnityPoint Health system. Finley Hospital is committed to bringing the best medical care to the tri-state area. We offer comprehensive, full service health care that is coordinated around our patients. We have consistently been recognized as a leader in health care.