RN Nurse Residency

RN Nurse Residency Program

Are you, or will you soon be, a new RN looking for support in your first year of nursing? ChildServe's RN Nurse Residency program is a great way to build confidence in both your clinical and professional skills. In addition to the residency experience, you'll work full time within one of our inpatient settings, Pediatric/Adolescent Complex Medical units, Pediatric Rehabilitation unit, or our Medical Group Home.

Program Overview

• Online lectures and discussions through University of Iowa's nurse residency program
• Months 1 6: focus on communication, responsibilities of a professional nurse and decision making at the point of care.
• Months 7 12: engage in a Professionalism in Action Experience at Child Serve
• Monthly check-ins with Child Serve Clinical Educator to support your development.
• Hands-on practice performing pediatric sub-specialty clinical skills.
• Attainment of CEUs

Schedule /Benefits

• 3 12 hours shifts per week, days or nights shifts available, rotating weekends and holidays
• Benefit eligible, including medical, dental, vision plans, retirement with company match, and generous PTO accrual, including 16 hours of PTO front-loaded

How You'll Make an Impact

• Within the nursing scope of practice, physician's orders, and the care plan, make decisions and deliver a full range of nursing care based on the fundamentals of the nursing process.
• Maintain accurate, completed, and timely records as defined by nursing standards of practice and ChildServe policies and procedures.
• Communicate effectively, respectfully, and professionally with residents, physicians, families, school personnel, ChildServe staff, and others to assure assigned child's care needs are assessed, communicated, and met.
• Provide training to patients, families, and staff as needed to help advance the skills and knowledge of all people associated with a child's care delivery.
• Demonstrate good stewardship of ChildServe equipment, supplies, and environment.

What You'll Need

• One year or less of RN experience
• Current valid license as a Registered Nurse in Iowa. Applicants planning to attain a RN license in the next 6 months are welcome to apply.
• Must obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Red Cross or American Heart Association within 90 days and before working independently.
• Ability to lift up to 35 lbs, be mobile within the assigned work area, and frequently bend, lift, reach, and stand.
• Ability to communicate effectively in reading, writing and speaking the English language.

Make a Difference Every Day at Child Serve

• Child Serve partners with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life.
• Child Serve 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.
• Child Serve'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, Child Serve proudly provides more than 30 pediatric specialty services to nearly 6,000 children in Iowa each year.

Child Serve is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email View email address on click.appcast.io. Child Serve is an Equal Opportunity Employer.