Long Term Care Registered Nurse; RN

Employment Type: Part time

Shift: 12 Hour 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 Dyersville Senior Care

Mercy One Dyersville Senior Care is a 40-bed senior care facility providing the highest quality care to your loved ones when they need it most. We offer residents a full range of services in a personal, home-like setting to meet physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Residents are often at a higher risk when flu, Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses are spreading in the community.

Please refrain from visiting if you are sick.

Our facility adjoins Mercy One Dyersville Medical Center, so you can take comfort in knowing your loved one will be taken care of, even in an emergency. In addition to immediate access to medical care, we offer the following long‑term care services:

• Professional nursing care 24/7
• Emergency department, family practice and pharmacy on-site
• Medicare Part B rehabilitation program
• Healthy meals and registered dietitians to monitor nutritional needs
• Social worker to provide counseling, guidance, and emotional support

• The RN supervises and coordinates care provided to residents by the LPN, Certified Nursing Assistants and other nursing team members.
• The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems.
• The nurse’s primary commitment is to the resident, whether an individual, family, group, or community.
• The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the resident.
• The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse’s obligation to provide optimum resident care.
• The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth.
• The nurse participates in establishing, maintaining, and improving health care environments and conditions of employment conducive to the provision of quality health care and consistent with the values of the profession through individual and collective action.
• The nurse participates in the advancement of the profession through contributions to practice, education, administration, and knowledge development.
• The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public in promoting community, national, and international efforts to meet health needs.
• The profession of nursing, as represented by associations and their members, is responsible for articulating nursing values for maintaining the integrity of the profession and its practice, and for shaping social policy.

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• Adheres to the principles of caring and expected behaviors outlined in Mercy One Dubuque/Dyersville Medical Center's Model of Caring and Trinity Health's Code of Conduct, fostering a climate where all customers are treated in a manner consistent with Mercy One Dubuque/Dyersville Medical Center's Mission and Values.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity…