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Job Description
Overview
As a member of the interdisciplinary team the Registered Nurse (RN) contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients and their families. Maintains a practice environment that reflects the Professional Nurse Practice Model and in collaboration with other caregivers. The RN oversees the unit as the Charge Nurse delegating to fellow coworkers managing staffing during their shift and aids in delivering 30 hours of programming a week to the patients.
Why UnityPoint Health
- Commitment to our Team Weve been named a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Beckers Healthcare for our commitment to our team members.
- Culture At UnityPoint Health you Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing whats right for the people we serve.
- Benefits Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities no matter what life stage youre in.
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion Commitment Were committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role race gender religion or sexual orientation.
- Development We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
- Community Involvement Be an essential part of our core purposeto improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Visit us at UnityPoint/careers to hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work. Excellence/Patient Care
- Assesses the needs of patients and families making the necessary referrals to provide continuity of care.
- Develops an individual plan of care using a collaborative approach with the patient/family and health care team.
- Promptly completes documentation to assure an accurate legal record of patients care.
- Delivers high quality care utilizing the nursing process while demonstrating knowledge and clinical skills of the specialty required in accordance with established policies procedures and standards of care.
- Utilizes holistic approach (considering bio psychosocial spiritual educational safety and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients and families served in the assigned service area.
- Delegates and provides direction for other healthcare team members within their scope of practice and holds them accountable for their involvement in the plan of care.
- Utilizes critical thinking in developing nursing interventions while maintaining responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
- Organizes and leads individual and group therapies.
- Assists in placing patients in seclusion or restraints if needed.
- Assists with 15 min safety checks on patients. Assists in shift room checks.
- Assist with patient laundry.
Patient Education
- Assesses and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patients and their families agespecific needs culture gender readiness to learn and level of comprehension incorporates findings into patients programming.
- Consults appropriate resources within the hospital to provide specialized education.
- Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Identify items that are minimally required to perform the essential functions of this position.
Preferred or Specialized
Not required to perform the essential functions of the position.
Education:
Graduate of accredited nursing program (Must obtain BSN within 5 years of hire)
Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree in Nursing
Experience:
One 1 year of hospital clinical experience or demonstrated clinical efficacy.
License(s)/Certification(s):
Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa
Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three 3 months from date of hire.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Writes reads comprehends and speaks fluent English.
Multicultural sensitivity.
Basic computer skills.
Customer/patient focused.
Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions.
Other:
Satisfactory completion of Finley Nurse Residency program with 1 year of start date for all nurses with minimal or no prior acute care experience.
Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
Employment Type
Full-Time
