RN Acute-Inpatient Pediatric Mental Health-Lutheran
US-IA-Des Moines
careers
Req #: 164267
Type: Full Time Benefits
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Overview: RN Acute - Inpatient Pediatric Mental Health - Lutheran UnityPoint Health Des Moines Shifts: Full-Time Nights, 11p-7a, 32 hours/week Full-Time, Evenings/Nights Mix, 36 hours/week Full-Time, Days/Evenings Mix, 36 hours/week Shifts include weekend and holiday rotation Benefits Eligible Full-Time Eligible for $10,000 Sign-On Bonus paid over 2 years Responsibilities: * 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. * Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends. Qualifications: Education: * Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program. License(s)/Certification(s): * Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa Experience: * Minimum of six months acute RN experience. * All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than six months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health - Des Moines, are encouraged and required to participate in the RN Residency program. For more information about the program, please go to https://www.unitypoint.org/desmoines/nurse-residency-program.asp Other: * 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.
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