Staff Nurse - Nursing Float Pool - Perioperative Services Tier 2
Iowa City, Iowa
RN
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What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- No charge shifts · Precepting expected · Floating required
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
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Pay
- Sign-on bonus
- $12,500
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About this role
All qualified candidates are eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $12,500 University of Iowa Health Care is seeking skilled staff nurses for their Nursing Float Pool (Tier 2) - also known as the Enterprise Staffing Pool - for Perioperative services. These staff nurses will circulate several services to cover University of Iowa Health Care University Campus, Stead Family Children’s Hospital, UI Health Care Downtown Campus, and UI Health Care North Liberty Campus.
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Key Areas of Responsibility
- 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.
- Participates in projects/committees for enhanced functioning of the unit and supports unit level decision-making.
- Utilize critical thinking skills with adult population across all services in acute and ambulatory setting
- Prepare and educate patients for discharge following proper procedures.
- Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of an interdisciplinary plan of care.
- Participates in the orientation of new staff and the ongoing education of personnel, as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
- Applies quality improvement principals to improve patient outcomes.
- Adheres to UI Health Care policies regarding personal conduct, including follows established leadership, remaining responsive to instruction and coaching from supervisors and meeting the standards of personal appearance, attendance and punctuality.
Percent of Time: 50-100%
Schedule
Part-Time and Full-Time Available Education
Requirements
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. Experience
Requirements
- 2 or more years of experience within Perioperative nursing in the circulating role.
- 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
Sourced from University of Iowa Healthcare’s careers page.
Requirements
- 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.
- 2 or more years of experience within Perioperative nursing in the circulating role.
- 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
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus up to $12,500
Place
- City
- Iowa City, Iowa
- Median rent
- $1,094/mo
- Local household income
- $58,546/yr
- Metro price level
- 8% below the national average
- Address
- 3640 Middlebury Rd, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Iowa City area index 91.5, where 100 is the national average.
Iowa City blends Big Ten college-town energy with Midwestern accessibility, giving traveling RNs a mix of cultural events, riverfront trails, and a compact downtown core. Home to the University of Iowa's medical campus, it offers consistent clinical opportunities in a setting that feels both intellectually vibrant and genuinely welcoming to newcomers.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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University of Iowa Health Care is an academic medical center located in Iowa City, Iowa, integrated with the University of Iowa. The system encompasses multiple campuses including University Campus, Stead Family Children's Hospital, UI Health Care Downtown Campus, and UI…
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