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RN/LPN Medically Complex Home (Full-Time)

ChildServe

Des Moines, Iowa

Posted Sep 3

Shift
12-hour days
Hours a week
36
Unit
Psych

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
12-hour days · 3 a week · 36 hours
Weekends
Every third weekend
Term
Permanent
Setting
Group Home
Accepts
RN

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Pay

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About this role

As an RN/LPN, you will provide professional nursing care while supporting residents with personal care and skill development. With low patient ratios, you’ll have the chance to build meaningful connections and participate in enjoyable activities that enhance the lives of those we serve.

Our complex medical home offers a warm, nurturing space for children and young adults needing around-the-clock medical care. Featuring a spacious, home-like environment, caring staff, and a focus on community involvement and recreational activities, we create an inviting place where individuals with special healthcare needs can thrive.

Schedule

3 shifts per week, 6am-6pm, every 3rd weekend Benefit eligible, including medical, dental, vision plans, retirement with company match and generous PTO accrual, including 16 hours of PTO front-loaded

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How You’ll Make an Impact

Within the nursing scope of practice, physician’s orders, and the resident’s care plan, makes decisions and delivers a full range of nursing care based on the fundamentals of the nursing process and maintains accurate, completed, and timely records as defined by nursing standards of practice and ChildServe policies and procedures. Provides nursing oversight of the medical care delivered by RA/CMA and training to resident, families, and staff as needed to help advance the skills and knowledge of all people associated with a resident’s care delivery. Communicates effectively, respectfully, and professionally with residents, physicians, families, school personnel, ChildServe staff, and others to assure assigned resident’s care needs are assessed, communicated, and met.

Communication style establishes and maintains positive relationships. Assists the residents in becoming as independent as possible in personal cares, preparing meals, caring for the household, and other life skills areas. Interacts with coworkers based on mutual respect and trust and establishes and maintains positive interpersonal relationships with colleagues, supervisors, and ChildServe.

What You’ll Need

Current valid license as a RN or LPN in Iowa. Active BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Ability to lift up to 35 lbs, be mobile within the clinic areas, and frequently bend, lift, reach, and stand. Must be willing to obtain chauffeurs license Ability to communicate effectively in (or through) reading, writing and speaking the English language.

Not sure if you hit 100% of the position expectations? Let's talk! Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team by emailing careers@childserve.org.

Make a Difference Every Day at ChildServe

ChildServe partners with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life. ChildServe is a leading pediatric healthcare provider with Iowa’s only children's specialty hospital, offering a variety of services and programs to meet each child’s unique needs. ChildServe’s four key specialty areas include: complex medical care, pediatric rehabilitation, autism and behavioral health, and community-based services.

With a coordinated approach to care delivery, services are interwoven and streamlined, so families can address their child’s needs in one location. Established in 1928, ChildServe proudly provides more than 30 pediatric specialty services to nearly 6,000 children in Iowa each year.

ChildServe is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email careers@childserve.org. ChildServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #CS1928

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Requirements

  • RN
  • LPN

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Retirement plan

Place

City
Des Moines, Iowa
Median rent
$1,090/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities

Local household income
$65,932/yr

all local households, not nurse pay

Metro price level
8% below the national average

Des Moines area index 91.7, where 100 is the national average.

Des Moines offers nurses an affordable Midwest lifestyle with housing and utilities below national averages. The highly walkable Rowan neighborhood features affordable rents and is popular among retirees. Iowa's capital blends urban convenience with a relaxed pace, ideal for healthcare professionals seeking lower living costs without sacrificing accessibility.

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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.

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