RN Acute- NICU Transport- Blank Children's Hospital

Overview

Part-Time 24 hrs/week, every fourth weekend and holiday rotation

Join our team and make a meaningful impact in the lives of our most vulnerable patients. As an RN on our Neonatal Transport and NICU team, you’ll work alongside a dedicated group of specialists under the guidance of a neonatologist, delivering expert care to newborns across multiple care settings.

In this dynamic role, you’ll have the opportunity to extend your skills beyond the hospital walls, traveling to referring facilities to help stabilize and transport infants who need advanced care. Back in the NICU, you’ll provide high-acuity, bedside support, using your clinical expertise to care for critically ill and premature newborns.

You’ll also play a vital role in the excitement and intensity of the Maternity Center, attending high-risk deliveries and supporting neonatal procedures as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team. Your impact doesn’t stop there—you’ll help ensure consistent, specialized neonatal care at Methodist West Maternity as well.

At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to family-centered care. We partner closely with families, offering education, compassion, and support every step of the way—because we know that caring for our smallest patients means caring for their families, too.

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

• Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
• Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
• Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
• Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends.

Qualifications

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program. 

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa 
• Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) or obtain certification within three (3) months from date of hire. 
• Successfully complete High Risk Neonatal Nursing certification within one year. 

Experience:

• Minimum of 12 months acute RN experience.
  • All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than 12 months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are required to participate in the RN Residency program. Please search and apply for specific openings listed as "Registered Nurse Residency". For more information about the program, please go to: Nursing Residency | Des Moines Area Hospitals

Other: 

• Level 3 Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.