Registered Nurse- Operating Room
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Job Location:
West Des Moines, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
25 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Methodist West Hospital
Shift: Full Time Days Rotating weekly/weekend call; One call holiday per year
Part Time Days Rotating weekly/weekend call; One call holiday per year
As a vital member of our surgical care team the Registered Nurse provides compassionate skilled care for patients ages 3 and older. This role goes beyond bedside careRNs are integral to ensuring safe seamless surgical experiences and positive patient outcomes.
Key Highlights:
Deliver expert nursing care across diverse patient populations from children to adults.
Collaborate closely with surgeons anesthesiologists and fellow healthcare professionals to uphold the highest standards of safety and quality.
Support a wide range of surgical specialties including:
Orthopedics
General Surgery
Spinal Surgery
Gynecology
Urology
Podiatry
Play a critical role in patient advocacy education and recovery ensuring every patient feels supported throughout their surgical journey.
This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in patients lives while working in a dynamic team-oriented environment where precision compassion and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.
Why UnityPoint Health
At UnityPoint Health you matter. Were proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Beckers Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities no matter what life stage youre in. Here are just a few:
- Expect paid time off parental leave 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
- Dental and health insurance paid holidays short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
- Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.
With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.
And we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.
Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the needs of patients and families providing appropriate teaching and 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 perioperative specialty in accordance with established policies procedures and standards of care.
- Utilizes holistic approach (considering biopsychosocial 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.
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 more information about the program please go to 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.
- 30 min return time if called back in
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Hospice Care
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Catheterization
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
About Company
As an integrated health system, we provide care throughout Iowa, western Illinois and southern Wisconsin in not-for-profit hospitals, clinics and home health settings.
