PACU

Registered Nurse
- Post-Surgical Inpatient 5C

We are seeking an individual with a minimum of one year of RN experience for this role. At IU Health you will develop your career in significant ways advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals.

IU North’s Post-Surgical unit 5C is a 31 bed post-surgical inpatient and 10 bed med/surg overflow unit. We are a fast-paced and specialized area that supports high volumes of surgical patients. Our nurses provide compassionate specialized care to a variety of surgical patient populations including urological gynecological uro-gynecological orthopedic thyroid bariatric and several others. As a Registered Nurse on 5C you will work in collaboration with the hospitalist team PT/OT case management patient/family liaison and multiple other disciplines to ensure our patients are receiving excellent care.

Available shifts:
Full-Time Night | Part-Time Night

Nursing skills gained on this unit:

• Care of specialized post-surgical patients
• Surgical wound care and dressing changes
• Patient and family inclusion and education
• Communication and collaboration with multiple patient services and support teams
• Physical assessment and critical thinking skills
• Insertion of foley catheters NG tubes peripheral IVs
• Phlebotomy
• Management and care of central lines including PICCs tunneled lines and ports
• Improved communication skills with providers PCAs and others on the care team
• Opportunity to be a unit preceptor charge nurse or capstone preceptor
• Multiple opportunities to get involved in unit improvements and be the expert voice on unit changes

Unit Successes/Designations:

• Multiple Daisy and Sunshine Award nominees in 2023
• Certified Bariatric program
• Excellent quality outcomes including no Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) since 2020 and no Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSIs) since 2022

Unit Culture Highlights:

• An environment that supports growth
• A unit that celebrates and shares differences in background and culture
• Clinical Advisor helps support learning and critical thinking
• Very dedicated leadership team (including unit manager shift coordinators for each shift unit dedicated NPD/educator and CNS) that want to see and help you grow and succeed
• Support from fellow team members that helps foster an environment great for learning
• Virtual nurse support during peak times to support bedside staff and patient movement

Qualifications:

• Requires Associates of Nursing (ASN) Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• The Registered Nurse (RN) must have graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
• Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
• Other Advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Why Join IU Health:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment that is patient centered.
• Referral Bonus eligible
• Competitive benefits.
• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match.
• Employer paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness IU Health qualifies under the public service loan forgiveness program.
• Employee Assistance Program Counseling at no cost to you.
• Healthy Results
  - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck.
• Our culture of compassion allows for a holistic delivery of care that is individualized based on our patients and their families needs.
• We are an equal opportunity employer. IU Health does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation age disability genetic information veteran status national origin gender identity and/or expression marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.