Staff Nurse - (80-100%) IRL Family Medicine

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Iowa River Landing Clinic is seeking a patient-centered Staff Nurse to support its growing family medicine clinic. The role develops relationships with patients and their families, monitors health care histories, and delivers personalized, compassionate care. It supports a team-based care model, with a focus on patient care and close collaboration with providers. The Staff Nurse applies nursing theory to assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate patient responses to health and illness; assesses patient preferences and expectations; and scribes for providers in patient care rooms. The position also prepares charts by updating health maintenance and closing care gaps, coordinates care across settings, and develops and implements patient care plans tailored to patient condition and individual circumstances. The nurse documents interventions and patient and family responses, integrates patient and family contributions into multidisciplinary plans, coordinates transfer and discharge planning, and follows clinical policies and universal precautions to maintain a safe environment. This is a regular salaried position at Iowa River Landing in Iowa City, Iowa. The 80–100% schedule comprises 32–40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., in 8- or 10-hour shifts. There are currently no evening or Saturday shifts. Pay is $48,946, or commensurate with qualifications. The position includes a fringe benefit package with paid vacation, sick leave, health, dental, life, and disability insurance options, and employer contributions to retirement plans.

Requirements

An associate degree in nursing, diploma in nursing, baccalaureate degree in nursing, or master’s degree in nursing (MNHP or MSN) is required.
Current license to practice nursing in Iowa by the date of hire is required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in an ambulatory clinic setting.
Experience working with EPIC.
Previous triage experience.

Responsibilities

Apply nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
Assess patients’ health care preferences and expectations.
Scribe in patient care rooms for providers.
Prepare charts, including updating health maintenance and closing care gaps.
Collaboratively coordinate the continuum of care across settings.
Develop patient care plans based on the patient’s condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic circumstances, prescribing interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Implement patient care plans according to patient priorities, including interventions identified through nursing diagnoses.
Document and report interventions and patient and family responses.
Collaborate with patients and families and integrate their contributions into multidisciplinary patient care plans.
Develop, coordinate, and implement transfer and discharge planning throughout the episode of care.
Implement nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
Follow universal precautions.
Remain responsible and accountable for the provision of patient care.