Staff Nurse - Nursing Float Pool - Adult Intermediate Care Tier 3 Night Shifts

Key Areas Of Responsibility

• Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness
• Affords patient health care preferences and expectations
• Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings
• Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes
• Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses
• Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response
• Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan
• Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care
• Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff
• Follows universal precautions

Scheduled Assignments

• Scheduled for 24-36 hours per week
• Anticipated 4-week schedule per assignment
• May cover assignments just-in-time as needed

Float Pool

• Float within specialty between MCU, MCD and MCNL campuses

Work Schedule

• Night shifts
• Includes weekend and holiday work requirements

Pay and Benefits

• Sign-on incentive of up to $12,500
• Additional $15/hr. on all hours worked
• SEIU Pay Plan PD20
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans

Education Requirement

• An Associate’s Degree in Nursing, a Diploma in Nursing, a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing, Professional Masters of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP), MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader or a Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN, MA) is required

Required Qualifications

• 2 or more years of current experience with Adult Intermediate Care/ICU is required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions
• General computer skills are required, including proficiency in managing multiple databases including Microsoft Excel
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire

Desired Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing is highly desired
• Current or Prior Agency experience desired
• If Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is not yet obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable
• A minimum of 2 years of inpatient nursing experience, preferably within the last 5 years, is highly desired