RN Acute - Obstetrics Nursing - Grinnell - Nights or PRN

Job Details

Area of Interest:
Nursing

Department:
Obstetrics

FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9

Shift: 7p-7a, 3 nights a week or varied as needed

Job

Sign on bonus: $20,000 (eligible full‑time new hires through July 31, 2026)

• 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 pet insurance
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement, and adoption assistance

• Utilizes scientific principles to administer care to antepartum, laboring, postpartum patients and newborns.
• Promptly completes documentation to assure an accurate legal account of patient care.
• Delivers high‑quality care using the nursing process while demonstrating specialized knowledge and skills in perinatal, obstetrical, and neonatal specialties as per established policies and standards of care.
• Utilizes a holistic approach that considers biopsychosocial, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the patients served.
• 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 patients’ conditions.

• Uses teaching strategies tailored to the individual patient and family’s specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn, and level of comprehension.
• Consults appropriate resources to provide specialized education.
• Demonstrates that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents, and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
• Shows initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed patient expectations.

• Assists with departmental and hospital‑wide quality improvement activities.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program; BSN preferred.

• One year of acute clinical care experience.
• One year of obstetric clinical care experience preferred.

• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a registered nurse in Iowa.
• Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three months of hire.
• Complete fetal monitor course within three months of employment.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) completion within six months of employment.
• STABLE course completion within one year of employment.
• Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work‑related reasons.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred.