Staff Nurse Mother Baby Care Unit (MBCU) 90 Nights

Qualified candidatesare eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $10000

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinicsrecognized 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.

Mother Baby Care Unit:

The Mother Baby Care Unit on 6JPP is a 17-bed unit dedicated to the care of antepartum and postpartum obstetrical patients. Antepartum patients may require hospitalization for preterm labor diabetes high blood pressure or bleeding concerns among other conditions and are monitored closely using external fetal monitoring. Postpartum patients reside here during their recovery from vaginal or Cesarean deliveries. Parents and newborns are cared for together and may receive a variety of support services such as lactation visits circumcisions social work consults medical imaging and hearing testing. Electronic infant security is utilized and nutritional support for the unit is received by the Mothers Milk Bank of Iowa.

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: 90%

Schedule: Night Shifts every third weekend every other holiday

Location: UIHC Main Campus

Salary: $54000 (at 90% effort) to commensurate *this does not include inpatient or shift differential

Pay Differentials:Shift differentials for evening night and weekend shifts. Premium pay for additional shifts greater than 4 hours. Inpatient differentials up to $5000 per year

Benefits Highlights:

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City Iowa
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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