Staff Nurse - Main Operating Room - Transplant and Urology (75-100%25)

University of Iowa•Iowa City, IA

19d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking Staff Nurses for the Main Operating Room’s Transplant and Urology team. Nurses assist with patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager and specialize in gynecology, transplant, and urology. The Main Operating Room has 30 rooms serving adult surgical specialties 24/7 and is divided into five teams staffed by registered nurses and surgical technologists. The position is 75–100% effort and is based at the University Campus. The schedule is Monday through Friday, with rotating 10- or 12-hour shifts, scheduled weekends, additional on-call shifts, and rotating holidays. Salary is $61,183 at 100% effort, commensurate with qualifications, excluding inpatient or shift differentials. Evening, night, and weekend shift differentials are available, as are inpatient differentials up to $10,000 per year and OR premium pay up to $10,000 at 100% effort. The University of Iowa Health Care is an academic medical center and regional referral center. More than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide health care and service to patients, with a mission of “Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.”

Requirements

An associate degree in nursing, diploma in nursing, bachelor's degree in nursing, Professional Masters of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP) MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader, or 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

Bachelor's degree or master's degree in nursing is highly desired.
If a bachelor's degree in nursing has not yet been obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable.
Knowledge of university policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Apply nursing theory to assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate patient responses to health and illness.
Assess patients’ health care preferences and expectations.
Coordinate the continuum of care collaboratively across settings.
Develop patient care plans based on the patient’s condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions, prescribing interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the patient care plan according to patient priorities, including interventions identified through nursing diagnoses, and document or 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.