Clinic Registered Nurse; RN): Breast Care

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift: Day Shift

Description:

At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you're in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well. Mercy One Central Iowa sets the standard for personalized and radically convenient care in the Des Moines metro area and surrounding counties.

Mercy One Des Moines Medical Center, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893, is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines and Iowa's largest medical center, with 802 beds available. The hospital is one of the Midwest's largest referral centers. With more than 7,000 colleagues and a medical staff of almost 1,500 physicians and allied health professionals, Mercy One Central Iowa is one of Iowa's largest employers.

Mercy One Katzmann Breast Care:
The first dedicated breast health center in central Iowa, Mercy One Katzmann Breast Care offers the expertise, technology, information and support women and their families need to make informed choices about their care. Located within Mercy One Comfort Health Center for Women, Mercy One Katzmann Breast Care is able to provide care to patients in a newly renovated, state-of-the-art facility designed specifically for women.

Patients also have access to specially trained women's health specialists who are available to assist with additional health concerns. The diagnostic services offered include in-office breast ultrasound performed by breast surgeons for image guided biopsy, staging and treatment planning. Katzmann works closely with Mercy One Imaging to include high-quality digital and 3D mammography, breast ultrasound and breast MRI. Want to learn more about Mercy One Katzmann Breast Care here:
Mercy One Katzmann Breast Care | Mercy One

Join the Mercy One Family! We are looking to hire a Clinic RN for our Mercy One Katzmann Breast Care. As a Clinic RN at Mercy One, you will provide patient care in outpatient settings and are responsible for delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. They coordinate care provided by other clinical staff, support patient and family education, and ensure communication across healthcare teams.

They are accountable for clinical standards and may operate with minimal supervision.

Schedule:

Full time 40 hours a week M-F 8a-5:00p No Weekends no Holidays

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Plans, assesses, intervenes, and provides direct patient care using critical thinking and nursing processes (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation).
• Performs comprehensive patient assessments (physical, psychosocial, nutritional, functional, safety, spiritual, cultural, educational).
• Makes nursing decisions based on patient status and care needs.
• Administers medications and treatments safely via multiple routes (oral, IM, SC, , IV, inhalation, topical, ocular, optic, sublingual, nasal) and documents accordingly.
• Performs nursing care, lab and diagnostic tests, specimen collection, phlebotomy, and limited radiology procedures following policies and universal precautions.
• Assists providers with patient care, phone/mail/fax communications, scheduling, consents, admissions, referrals, and outpatient procedures.
• Communicates and collaborates with physicians, staff, patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members regarding care plans and patient needs.
• Educates patients, families, and clinical staff on treatments, medications, test preparation, discharge, and health maintenance;…