Charge RN-Behavioral Health Unit

Position Purpose

RN III – senior:
Practice is guided by nursing process & policy / procedure / standards. Maintains focused area of expertise for care / program & / or provides interventions or knowledge within niche areas of care / program;
Advances professional / shared governance, collaborates inter & intra-professionally, delegates to others to advance care, assumes an expanded role & increased responsibility;
Able to lead a small team;
Serve as a unit / service / program nursing practice mentor & identify learning need of others.

Full time

12 Hour Day Shift

RN III – senior:
Practice is guided by nursing process & policy / procedure / standards. Maintains focused area of expertise for care / program & / or provides interventions or knowledge within niche areas of care / program;
Advances professional / shared governance, collaborates inter & intra-professionally, delegates to others to advance care, assumes an expanded role & increased responsibility;
Able to lead a small team;
Serve as a unit / service / program nursing practice mentor & identify learning need of others.

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and Mercy One Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Our Trinity Health Culture:
  Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.
• Professional Nursing Practice:
  Acts independently & appropriately within license, scope of knowledge & experience in practice area. Supports safety by adhering to standards & acting as a champion role model. Accountable for personal learning & development by participating in knowledge, skill & competency enhancing activities.
• Professional Nursing Process:
  Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice:
  Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA);
  Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial & supported by current & relevant evidence-based practices, science, trends & data (clinical & administrative) & patient care (AONL).
• Professional Leadership Practice:
  Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values & Vision;
  Cultivates excellence by supporting growth & development of team;
  Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring & succession planning;
  Engages & fosters transpersonal teaching & learning in the context of the caring relationship;
  Embraces & encourages humanistic-altruistic values & behaviors;
  Advances nurses & others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered & relationship-based healthcare;
  Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet);
  Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications;
  Embraces ideas & cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities;
  Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue & inclusion.

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
• Current Iowa RN license, (current IL license if working in IL) required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.
• Specialty practice certification is preferred..
• Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health and Mercy One.

• Education Assistance offered
• Effective Day 1 Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more) for positions 16 hours per week or greater
• Competitive wages; including weekend and night differentials
• Generous paid time off program
• Retirement Savings program with employer match starting on Day 1

Medical Center provides expert health care to 15 counties.

Mercy One North Iowa Medical Center is a 342 bed, regional referral teaching…