RN Lead-Night/Weekend Resource Nurse

Overview

The role of the Night/Weekend Resource Nurse is to support and develop new graduate nurses on the night shift during their first year as a nurse. Responsibilities include: round on all first year nurses each night shift, respond to requests from participating nurses for emergent or high risk procedures, mentor and provide support to new nurses in their work environment, provide real time education to new nurses, evaluate new nurse performance, and communicate with department leadership and professional practice on opportunities to enhance onboarding experiences.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in. Here are just a few:

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program .
• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family .

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

Team Member Development

• Assist with competency training to ensure staff development needs for new nurses are met.
• Serves as a resource in the assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care provided by new nursing staff.
• Supports new nurses with development of professional skills, work efficiency, and documentation in EMR.
• Provides coaching at the elbow to new nurses on key nursing initiatives (ie IPASS, whiteboards, etc).
• Serves as a role model in creating a positive work environment that contributes to safety and positive clinical outcomes.
• Debrief new nurses after critical events.
• Evaluates new nurse’s performance and collaborates with department nursing leadership with feedback in areas for improvement.

Patient Care- Clinical

• Develops and implements an individualized care plan according to current standards of nursing practice, evidence based practice and hospital protocol/ procedures.
• Integrates patients and family teaching throughout the hospitalization related to the care plan.
• Administers medication and nursing treatments within scope of practice.
• Performs admission and shift assessments per specific departmental standards. Utilizes physical assessment data, diagnostic data (lab, radiology, diagnostic testing), pharmacological information and patient/family perceptions in formulating nursing diagnosis related to focus problem areas and identifying goals of care.
• Real time Electronic Medical Record (EMR) documentation is done in accordance with hospital and unit policies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the profound and prolonged impact of disability and chronic illness on an individual’s developmental, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, economic, vocational, and leisure status.
• Integrates the interdisciplinary approach to individualized treatment plan.
• Maintains comfort, supports human functions and responses, and maintains an environment conducive to wellbeing utilizing the CARE delivery model.
• Incorporates the interdisciplinary treatment plan into the plan of care.
• Evaluates the outcomes of both the nursing care and interdisciplinary treatment plan.
• Partners with other patient care team members to achieve patient’s progress towards outcomes identified in both the plan of care and the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
• Effectively delegates tasks and responsibilities to other members of the healthcare team and assumes responsibility for follow-up.

Effective Communication

• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with team member’s peers, providers, and nursing leadership to advance new team member professional development.
• Supports and empowers new team members to act with appropriate responsibility for the work processes and environment.
• Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills with patients, families and members of the healthcare team. Verbal communication is clear and precise. Written communication is legible and done in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates ability to coach and mentor team members.

Qualifications

• Must have successfully completed an accredited nursing program.
• Must possess current RN Licensure in the state of Iowa or compact state.
• At least 3 years of direct patient care in medical /surgical or critical care area.
• Obtain/Maintain current BLS and ACLS certification.
• Must be proficient in Electronic Medical Record (EMR) documentation.