[Hiring] Acute RN Opportunities: Med/Surg & Inpatient Mental Health @UnityPoint Health

Role Description

Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical-Surgical & Inpatient Mental Health Opportunities

• Locations: Iowa Lutheran Hospital & Iowa Methodist Medical Center
• Schedule: Full-time or Part-time, Days or Nights (based on unit availability and preference)
• Additional Requirements: Holiday and weekend rotation
• $20,000 New Hire Sign-On Bonus!
• Medical-Surgical Units:
• Internal Resource Team (Float Pool) – Medical/Surgical
• 2 North – Medical/Surgical | Iowa Lutheran Hospital
• 3E/5E – Medical/Surgical | Iowa Lutheran Hospital
• Powell 4 & Powell 5 – Stroke, Neurology, Orthopedics | Iowa Methodist Medical Center
• Younker 8 – Medical/Surgical | Iowa Methodist Medical Center
• North 5 - General Surgery | Iowa Methodist Medical Center
• Inpatient Mental Health:
• Inpatient Adult & Older Adult Behavioral Health | Iowa Lutheran Hospital

Responsibilities:

• Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
• Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
• Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
• 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.
• Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of care, patient and employee safety, and customer service.

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 twelve months acute RN experience.
• All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than 12 months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are required to participate in the RN Residency program.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• Pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay.
• Tuition reimbursement to help further your career.
• Adoption assistance to help you grow your family.