Staff Nurse Medical Intensive Care Unit 60-100

All qualified candidates are eligible for a sign on incentive of up to $10000

The University of Iowa Health Carerecognized as one of the best hospitals in the United Statesis Iowas only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12000 employees students and volunteers work together to provide safe quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.

Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) (5 RCP)

This 26-bed unit provides comprehensive high-tech intensive care to acutely ill adults with a wide variety of complex critically ill patients with multiple medical issues who demonstrate a deterioration of health requiring critical care nursing. Patient diagnoses include multi-system failure respiratory failure severe sepsis overdoses (OD) GIB medical neuro various cancers and bone marrow transplants. State of the art technology is implemented in MICU including il-2 therapy VV ECMO CRRT ventilators vasoactive drugs and preforms many bedside procedures. MICU provides total patient care involving a multidisciplinary approach in conjunction with state-of-the-art technology for systematic assessment and improvement of care to the critically ill 2012 we were awarded a National award for outstanding achievement and leadership for elimination of Ventilator Associated pneumonia.

Characteristic Duties of our Staff Nurses include but are not limited to:

• Applies nursing theory to the assessment diagnosis treatment and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness
• Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations
• Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings
• Develops patient care plan based on patient condition age and psychological educational and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes
• Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response
• Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan
• Develops coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care
• Implements nursing interventions according to department division and/or unit policies procedures and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions

Percent of Time: 60%-100%
Schedule: Varying shifts available every third weekend every other holiday
Location: Regular salaried position located in Iowa City Iowa
Salary: $60000 minimum at 100% effort to commensurate *This does not include differentials. Salary will vary based on years of experience and percent of effort.*
SEIU Pay Plan: Differentials: Shift differentials for evening night and weekend shifts. Premium pay for additional shifts greater than 4 hours. Inpatient differentials of up to $10000 per year based on percent time
Benefits Highlights:Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement Assistant available to qualified applicants.

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