Staff Nurse - Main Operating Room, General Surgery/Vascular Team 6 (Evenings)

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking Staff Nurses for the Main Operating Room’s General Surgery/Vascular Team 6. Staff Nurses assist the nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager. The Main Operating Room has 30 operating rooms dedicated to adult surgical specialties and operates 24/7. Intra-operative services are organized into five teams staffed by Registered Nurses and Surgical Technologists. The position is based at the University Main Campus and works a straight evening shift, either 4x10 or 5x8, with schedules of 11:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m.–11:30 p.m. Occasional weekends, holidays, and weekly call are required. The position is 100% effort. Salary is $61,183 at 100% effort to commensurate; this amount does not include inpatient or shift differentials. Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $12,500. Additional pay may include evening, night, and weekend shift differentials, inpatient differentials of up to $10,000 per year, and OR premium pay of up to $10,000 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 patient care and service.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Nursing, Diploma in Nursing, Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing, Professional Master of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP) MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader, or Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN, MA).
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 date of hire.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Master’s Degree in Nursing.
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 the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of 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.