Endo Gastro RN - Registered Nurse

Full time, Day Shift

About the role

This position accepts responsibility and accountability for delivering patient care with the multidisciplinary team while using the nursing process and maintaining professional nursing standards.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and evaluates the patient’s physical, psychosocial, environmental, spiritual, social, and education needs. Documents patient/family responses to nursing interventions while collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to achieve desired patient care outcomes.
• Develops and implements the patient’s plan of care, including the discharge plan, based on standards of nursing practice, health center policy, and patient/family needs using clinical/critical thinking skills. Reviews and updates the plan of care based on changes in the patient’s condition.
• Guides and directs patient care activities for the indicated population by utilizing clinical/critical thinking skills and evidence-based practice.
• Provides, facilitates, and/or implements learning opportunities to meet the educational needs of the patient/family by assessing learning needs and formulating and initiating a teaching plan.
• Effectively communicates pertinent patient changes/conditions to colleagues and multidisciplinary caregivers.
• Attends and participates in departmental/organizational meetings, in-services, and educational opportunities. Department meeting attendance requirement: 80% with 50% in person if department meetings are available by webinar.
• Serves as a steward for the hospital’s human and material resources. Meets productivity expectations of unit/department as defined by unit manager. Utilizes and maintains appropriate supplies in the department. Supports staffing needs for patient care in multiple units, as needed, while being flexible with schedule and hours.
• Adapts positively to the ever-changing healthcare environment by supporting technology and process changes. Willing to learn new things, is open to change, and maintains a calm, positive manner under stressful conditions.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure in the state of Iowa.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Must be able to respond and report to work within 30 minutes when scheduled on call.
• Previous experience in acute care preferred.
• Ability to work on multiple projects at one time and flexibility to meet department needs.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented individual able to work with minimum supervision.

Schedule

• Full Time, 36 hours a week, varying start times.
• Call required: 1 call shift weekly (Monday–Thursday) and 1 on-call weekend per month.

Benefits

• Education Assistance offered.
• Effective Day 1 Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more) for positions 16 hours per week or greater.
• Competitive wages; including weekend and night differentials.
• Generous paid time off program.
• Retirement Savings program with employer match starting on Day 1.

About the organization

MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center provides expert healthcare to 15 counties. It is a 342-bed, regional referral teaching hospital in Mason City, Iowa. MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center is an 11-bed, rural access hospital in New Hampton, Iowa. The service area spans 15 counties across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, serving a population of over 260,000.

With more than 3,000 colleagues and a medical staff of almost 500 physicians and allied health professionals, MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center is the largest employer in the region. MercyOne Medical Group – North Iowa is part of Iowa’s largest multispecialty clinic systems, with more than 25 primary care, pediatric, internal medicine, and specialty clinics in north Iowa.