RN Acute-Outpatient Surgery-Lutheran

Schedule

• Shift: 8–10 hour shifts, Monday through Friday, rotating daytime/evening hours. No weekends or holidays. Overnight call optional.
• FTE: 0.6 per pay period.
• Department:
  Ambulatory Surgery – Luth

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients and their families. Maintains a practice environment that reflects the ANA Code for Nurses, Philosophy of Nursing at UnityPoint Health within the structure of the Professional Nurse Practice Model and in collaboration with other caregiving professionals. Collaborates with physicians and other health‑care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the postoperative plan of care for the surgical patient.

• Paid time off, parental leave, 401(k) matching and an employee recognition program.
• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short‑ and long‑term disability and more. Additional 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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.