Staff Nurse - Postpartum & Newborn Unit (7JPP) 60% Weekend Option Nights

UIOWA • Iowa City, IA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

University of Iowa Health Care is seeking a Staff Nurse for the Postpartum & Newborn Unit. This role is part of Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. The position involves changing medicine and changing lives by providing safe, quality health care and excellent service to patients. The nurse will apply nursing theory to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation, and will collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate care across settings. Responsibilities include developing and implementing patient care plans, documenting interventions, and managing discharge planning. The role emphasizes maintaining a safe environment and following universal precautions.

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions
• General computer skills are required
• Recent (within the last 3 years) RN Mother/Baby, Pediatric, or Gynecology experience or recent (within the last 24 months) completion of a mother baby internship is required
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire

Nice To Haves

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Masters Degree in Nursing is highly desired
• If Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is not yet obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable
• Knowledge of university policies and procedures

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus up to $10,000
• Paid vacation
• Sick leave
• Health, dental, life and disability insurance options
• Generous employer contributions into retirement plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree