RN - Outpatient Services

Registered Nurse (RN) Outpatient Surgery/Endoscopy

Area of Interest: Nursing

FTE/Hours per pay period: .4

Department: Ambulatory Surgery

Shift: (2) 8-hour shifts per week; no nights or weekends!

Overview

Registered Nurse (RN) Outpatient Surgery/Endoscopy (2) 8-hour shifts per week. No nights, weekends, or holidays. Possible call shifts. Part-time benefit eligible

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's 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 you're 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

Assess and monitor total physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs of infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.

Develop and maintain with the patient/significant other, an individualized, professionally modified plan of care reflective of changing needs/goals as determined by evaluating the patient/significant other response to the plan of care.

Provide nursing care in accordance with nursing standards and the infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient's plan of care.

Assess and plan for discharge needs, evaluate adult and geriatric patients and significant others educational needs and initiate and implement appropriate teaching protocols or make appropriate referrals.

Document nursing care consistent with documentation guidelines.

Communicate with other members of the healthcare team in order to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services.

Demonstrate positive, professional communication with open dialogue among members of the healthcare team.

Consistently display an open, creative attitude toward continual learning.

Demonstrate respect of patients' confidentiality in all communication.

Participate in unit operations demonstrating professional behaviors to include supporting goals of nursing unit and maintaining awareness of resource utilization.

Participate in non-direct patient care activities including educational activities, performance improvement activities, standards development and review, hospital/nursing committees and other related activities.

Demonstrate technical skills proficiently for the comfort and safety of infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.

Demonstrate positive customer relation skills.

Provide nursing care utilizing a knowledge base and understanding regarding medical necessity.

Adhere to all departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Demonstrate competent use of computer programs as appropriate.

Demonstrate support of organizational values of caring, integrity, responsible stewardship, continuous improvement, learning, and excellence.

Consistently demonstrate the ability to anticipate and prepare for changes within the patient group (admissions, discharges, transfers, increased patient care needs, etc).

Maintain strong knowledge of the electronic medical record.

Consistently integrate all aspects of service excellence into all functions and maintain a service excellence culture and philosophy.

Demonstrate positive communication and interpersonal relationships when dealing with patients and families.

Demonstrate collaborative decision making when participating with other healthcare team members.

Provide assistance and direction in maintaining excellent working relationship with referring physicians and multidisciplinary team.

Demonstrate skill and competence in providing or directing the care of patient of all ages which includes physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.

Engage in collegial relationships, which support personal and professional growth.

Utilize a family centered, patient focused approach to plan, direct, and evaluate patient care needs.

Receive, document and resolve through personal action or appropriate referral patient/family complaints or problems.

Qualifications

Education: Associate Degree Nursing required Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing Preferred.

Licensure: Current RN Licensure in State of Iowa or applicable compact state. Must be licensed in state of residence.

Experience: Med-Surg experience preferred.

Skills/Abilities: Ability to delegate wisely, exercise good judgment, maintain effective interpersonal relationships, adapt to change, effective verbal and written communication skills, evaluate critically and think creatively. Must demonstrate knowledge and skills required for specialized area of assignment. Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide nursing care appropriate to infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Must demonstrate effective communication skills. Effective verbal and written communication skills to clearly express ideas. Demonstrates excellent customer service skills.

Certification/Course: Basic Life Support completion required. Advanced Cardiac Life Support preferred.