Staff Nurse - Operating Room, Oto (ENT) and Oral Surgery Team (90-100%)

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Otolaryngology (ENT) and Oral Surgery team is hiring Staff Nurses to care for patients undergoing routine procedures and complex surgeries. The team performs specialized ENT procedures, including cochlear implants, acoustic neuroma removals, free flap reconstructions, Inspire implant surgeries, and tracheal resections. Oral surgeries include reconstructive and corrective procedures such as alveolar cleft repairs with hip bone grafts, sagittal split osteotomies, and repairs of midface and mandibular fractures. The role is part of a specialized perioperative team in the Main Operating Room, which has 30 operating rooms dedicated to adult surgical specialties and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Registered Nurses and Surgical Technologists work together to provide safe, compassionate, high-quality care. The position is at the University Campus and is listed at 90–100% effort. The schedule is Monday through Friday on rotating 10- or 12-hour shifts, with scheduled weekends, additional on-call shifts, and rotating holidays. Salary at 100% effort starts at $61,183 and is commensurate with qualifications; this does not include inpatient or shift differentials. Shift differentials are available for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Inpatient differentials are up to $10,000 per year, and OR premium pay is up to $10,000 at 100% effort. Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $12,500. The benefits package includes paid vacation, sick leave, health, dental, life, and disability insurance options, and employer contributions to retirement plans. Candidates must attach a resume. Successful candidates must disclose conviction history and undergo a criminal background check and credential and education verification. Up to five professional references may be requested later in the recruitment process.

Requirements

An Associate’s Degree in Nursing, Diploma in Nursing, Baccalaureate 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

A Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or 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.
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 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, and 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.