RN Acute-P3 Adult Oncology-Methodist
US-IA-Des Moines
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Req #: 180579
Type: Full Time Benefits
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Overview: Registered Nurse - Powell 3 | Adult Oncology Now Offering a Limited-Time $20,000 RN Sign-On Bonus (External Candidates Only) Join our team at UnityPoint Health - Des Moines and take advantage of a limited-time $20,000 sign-on bonus for full-time Registered Nurses. This incentive is available to eligible RNs who accept or begin an acute inpatient role between April 1 and July 31, 2026, with payments distributed in milestone-based installments. Additional Incentives: * Relocation Assistance: Up to $10,000 for full-time candidates relocating more than 50 miles * Shift: Full-time Nights * Shift Differentials: Available for qualifying shifts * Benefits: Full benefits package eligibility About the Role: As a Registered Nurse on Powell 3, you will provide compassionate, high-quality care to adult medical oncology patients in a 28-bed inpatient unit. This role includes the administration of chemotherapy, ongoing patient assessment, and the management of treatment-related side effects. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support patients through every stage of their cancer journey. 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 12 months acute RN experience. * All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than 12 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: Nursing Residency | Des Moines Area Hospitals 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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