Registered Nurse - Post-Surgical Inpatient, 5C

Job Description

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We are seeking an individual with a minimum of one year of RN experience for this role.

Are you an upcoming nurse graduate or recent nurse graduate? Please apply through our pipeline requisition here: This pipeline requisition allows the IU Health Talent Acquisition team to pair upcoming & recent nurse graduates with the best opportunities available to them based on their unique skillset and interests. Thanks for your interest in joining the team!

At IU Health, you will develop your career in significant ways, advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can explore diverse career opportunities, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today.

IU North's Post-Surgical unit, 5C, is a 31 bed post-surgical inpatient and 10 bed med/surg overflow unit. We are a fast-paced and specialized area that supports high volumes of surgical patients. Our nurses provide compassionate, specialized care to a variety of surgical patient populations including urological, gynecological, uro-gynecological, orthopedic, thyroid, bariatric and several others. As a Registered Nurse on 5C you will work in collaboration with the hospitalist team, PT/OT, case management, patient/family liaison, and multiple other disciplines to ensure our patients are receiving excellent care.

Available Shifts:

• Full-Time Day | Part-Time Day

Nursing skills gained on this unit:

• Care of specialized post-surgical patients
• Surgical wound care and dressing changes
• Patient and family inclusion and education
• Communication and collaboration with multiple patient services and support teams
• Physical assessment and critical thinking skills
• Insertion of foley catheters, NG tubes, peripheral IV's
• Phlebotomy
• Management and care of central lines including PICC's, tunneled lines, and ports
• Improved communication skills with providers, PCA's and others on the care team
• Opportunity to be a unit preceptor, charge nurse, or capstone preceptor
• Multiple opportunities to get involved in unit improvements and be the expert voice on unit changes

Unit Successes/Designations:

• Multiple Daisy and Sunshine Award nominees
• Certified Bariatric program
• Excellent quality outcomes including no Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI's) since 2020 and no Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI's) since 2022

Unit Culture Highlights:

• An environment that supports growth
• A unit that celebrates and shares differences in background and culture
• Clinical Advisor helps support learning and critical thinking
• Very dedicated leadership team (including unit manager, shift coordinators for each shift, unit dedicated NPD/educator and CNS) that want to see and help you grow and succeed
• Support from fellow team members that helps foster an environment great for learning
• Virtual nurse support during peak times to support bedside staff and patient movement

Qualifications

• Requires Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Education: The Registered Nurse (RN) must have graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program. Exceptions: Candidates who have not graduated from a nationally accredited program may be considered if they possess more than two years of acute care experience. Such exceptions are subject to review and approval by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
• Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
• Requires that the RN has graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
• Other Advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Why Join IU Health?

As Indiana's largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, and the number 1 ranked healthcare system in Indiana, we offer:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment that is patient centered.
• Referral Bonus eligible
• Competitive benefits.
• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match.
• Employer paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness IU Health qualifies under the public service loan forgiveness program.
• Employee Assistance Program Counseling at no cost to you
• Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck. The more you participate, the more you earn.

Our culture of compassion allows for a holistic delivery of care that is individualized based on our patients' and their families' needs. At IU Health, every team member is a caregiver. This care does not stop with our patients, it also extends to one another and our community through service projects, health initiatives and wellness education.