Staff Nurse - Day of Surgery Admissions (DOSA) (100%)

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Staff Nurse for Day of Surgery Admissions (DOSA) with Perioperative Services. The role assesses patients’ nursing care needs, evaluates the effectiveness of care, applies nursing theory and research to clinical practice, and provides leadership to nursing team members to maintain patient care standards. The position is located at the University Campus. Hours vary between 0500 and 2030, with Monday–Friday 8- to 10-hour shifts available. There are no overnight, weekend, or holiday shifts. The position is listed at 100% effort. Salary starts at $61,782 at 100% effort, commensurate with experience and effort, excluding differentials. Evening, night, and weekend shift differentials are available, along with procedural differentials of up to $5,000 per year at 100% effort. The University of Iowa Health Care is Iowa’s only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. More than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide health care and service to patients. The organization’s mission is “Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.”

Requirements

An associate’s degree in nursing, a diploma in nursing, a baccalaureate degree in nursing, a Professional Masters of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP), an MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader, or a master’s degree in nursing (MSN, MA) is required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills with patients and families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members, demonstrated through written and verbal interactions.
General computer skills.
Current license to practice nursing in Iowa by the date of hire.

Nice To Haves

A baccalaureate degree in nursing or a master’s degree in nursing is highly desired.
If a baccalaureate degree in nursing has not yet been obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable.

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.
Collaboratively coordinate the continuum of care across settings.
Develop patient care plans based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions, 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.
Provide leadership to members of the nursing team to maintain patient care standards.
Assess patients’ nursing care needs and evaluate the effectiveness of care provided.