Procedure Recovery Unit-Registered Nurse

About the Role

This position accepts responsibility and accountability for delivering patient care during the cardiology patients’/families’ stay through the nursing process. Directs patient/family education and delegates to ancillary personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient’s physical, psychosocial, environmental, spiritual, social, and education needs.
• Evaluates and documents patient/family responses to nursing interventions while working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to achieve desired patient care outcomes.
• Guides and directs patient care activities to customize care for the indicated population by utilizing clinical/critical thinking skills.
• Attends and participates in departmental/organizational meetings, in-services, and educational opportunities.
• Serves as a steward for the hospital’s human and material resources. Meets productivity expectations of unit/department as defined by unit manager. Identifies/enters accurate charges. Utilizes and maintains appropriate supplies in the department. Supports staffing needs for patient care.
• Responsible for maintaining certification/licensure requirements as directed by position.
• Adapts positively to the ever-changing health care environment by supporting technology and process changes. Willing to learn new things, open to change, and maintains a calm, positive manner under stressful conditions.
• Provides competent patient care to the indicated patient populations by obtaining and appropriately interpreting data, making appropriate decisions based on demonstrated knowledge of age-specific growth and development, and appropriately adapting procedures.

Requirements

• Graduate of a program in professional nursing.
• Current RN licensure in the state of Iowa.
• Previous experience in acute care preferred.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including flexibility with daily starting and ending times.
• Must have proficient computer skills.

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 health care to 15 counties and 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 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.