Staff Nurse UICC Cedar Rapids Endocrinology 50

The University of Iowa Community Clinics seeking a patient centered 50% Staff Nurse to work within our Endocrinology Clinic located in Cedar Rapids IA. Our clinics specializes in the expert care for diabetes and other conditions that affect your bodys glands hormones and metabolism. We provide personalized diabetes treatment plans and follow-up care. UI Diabetes Care is a leader in the treatment of people with diabetes and has developed innovative programs designed to help prevent and control diabetes. We use a patient-centered care approacha partnership between you and your team of physicians nurses and dietitiansto develop a diabetes treatment plan that meets your needs. This position will mainly support Endocrinology but could also support other service lines/clinics based on clinical needs/hours.

Our Staff Nurses develop relationships and get to know our patients and monitor each family members health care history and deliver personalized compassionate care every time to each patient.

This position supportsour clinics team-based care model spending more time within patient care as well asFREE on-site parking!

Duties to include:

• Staff will support our Endocrinology Clinic patients.
• 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.

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.

WE CARE Core Values:

• Welcoming- We strive for an environment where everyone has a voice that is heard that promotes the dignity of our patients trainees and employees and allows all to thrive in their health work research and education.
• Excellence- We aim to achieve and deliver our personal and collective best in the pursuit of quality and accessible healthcare education and research.
• Collaboration- We encourage collaboration with healthcare systems providers and communities across Iowa and the region as well as within our UI community. We believe teamwork - guided by compassion - is the best way to work.
• Accountability- We behave ethically act with fairness and integrity take responsibility for our own actions and respond when errors in behavior or judgment occur.
• Respect-We create an environment where every individual feels safe valued and respected supporting the well-being and success of all members of our community.
• Empowerment-We commit to fair access to research health care and education for our community and opportunities for personal and professional growth for our staff and learners.

Percent of Time: 50% (20 hours per week)

Schedule: Variable hours Monday - Friday; 7:30 AM 5:00 no weekends no holidays and no on-call time primary position mainly supports Endocrinology but could also support other service lines/clinics based on clinical needs/hours.

Location:Cedar Rapids IA (this position could support other cliniclocations as needed)

Pay Grade:52 - $29657.5- 54402.5(based on years of experience) at 50% FTE