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+ Area of Interest: Nursing

+ Sign On Bonus: $10,000

+ FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0

+ Department: Surgery- West

+ Shift: Full Time- 40 hours per week: 630a-500p four days per week, Part Time- 3 days per week: 630a-5:00p or 630a-300p two days per week and 630a-500p two days per week; Rotating weekly/weekend call: one call holiday per year

+ Job ID: 168178

Overview

Shift: Full Time Days| Rotating weekly/weekend call; One call holiday per year

Part Time Days| Rotating weekly/weekend call; One call holiday per year

Provide care for patients ages 3 years and up. Collaborates with various members of the surgical team to ensure safe surgical procedures and patient care outcomes. Surgical specialties include orthopedics, general surgery, spinal surgery, gynecology, urology and podiatry.

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

+ Assesses the needs of patients and families, providing appropriate teaching and making the necessary referrals to provide continuity of care.

+ Develops an individual plan of care using a collaborative approach with the patient/family and health care team.

+ Promptly completes documentation to assure an accurate legal record of patient’s care.

+ Delivers high quality care utilizing the nursing process while demonstrating knowledge and clinical skills of the perioperative specialty in accordance with established policies, procedures and standards of care.

+ Utilizes holistic approach (considering biopsychosocial, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients and families served in the assigned service area.

+ Delegates and provides direction for other healthcare team members within their scope of practice and holds them accountable for their involvement in the plan of care.

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

Qualifications

Education:

+ Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program.

License(s)/Certification(s):

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

Experience:

+ Minimum of six months acute RN experience.

+ All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than six months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are encouraged and required to participate in the RN Residency program. For more information about the program, please go to  https://www.unitypoint.org/desmoines/nurse-residency-program.asp

Other:

+ + Level 3 Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

+ 30 min return time if called back in