RN Acute- North 5 General Surgery- Methodist
US-IA-Des Moines
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Req #: 165954
Type: Full Time Benefits
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Overview: Full-Time Days or Nights, every third weekend and holiday rotation Sign-On Bonus: $10,000 for full-time offers Are you passionate about delivering exceptional care to a diverse patient population? Our unit offers a unique opportunity to work with patients experiencing a wide range of acute medical and surgical needs. We specialize in: Gynecology and Breast Surgeries, including advanced procedures like DIEP flap reconstruction, ENT and General Surgery, and Acute Medical Diagnoses. You'll collaborate closely with our Physician Surgical Residency Program, contributing to a culture of learning and excellence while ensuring patients receive the highest quality care. If you're looking for a rewarding role where your skills make a real impact, we'd love to meet you! 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. * Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych/social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area. * Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of care, patient and employee safety, and customer service. 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.