Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery Center (1.0 Day/Eve)

Registered Nurse - Surgery Center

Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus

Location: Mercy Cedar Rapids Downtown Surgery Center

Schedule: Monday–Friday | Call every 7th Weekend from 0530-1900 and rotating holidays 0530-1900 (~1 holiday/calendar year)

Hours: 40 hours/week (Full-time pay & benefits)

A Rare Opportunity in Outpatient Surgery

Are you an RN that thrives on routine looking for a fulfilling, Monday–Friday role? Join Mercy Cedar Rapids at our Surgery Center, where you'll work with a dedicated surgical team specializing in anything ranging from carpal tunnel all the way to open-heart surgery. You will see Urology, Neurology, Gynecology, Plastics, Trauma and more!

This is a rare chance to step into a high-functioning surgical environment while making a meaningful impact on patients' lives.

Why Choose Mercy Cedar Rapids?

• Independent and locally managed for over 120 years
• Consistent weekday schedule — excellent for work-life balance
• Full benefits with a $15,000 sign-on bonus
• Supportive, team-based culture where your voice matters
• Opportunities to grow within a high-performing surgical team

What You'll Do

As an RN in the Surgery Center, you will:

• Deliver safe, high-quality, patient-centered intra-operative care
• Demonstrate critical thinking and anticipate the needs of the surgical team
• Maintain proper sterile technique and a safe environment
• Ensure accurate and complete documentation
• Collaborate within a respectful, compassionate, and team-focused culture

Job Description

Job Duties

• Ensures that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome.
• Demonstrates competent assessment, planning, intervention, coordination and evaluation skills based on the individual patient plan of care.
• Continually assesses patient and family needs in order to provide quality care based on a patient centered care model.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills and judgment necessary to implement a patient plan of care, nursing interventions and procedures.
• Maintains accurate and real time documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team, according to hospital policy and procedure related to documentation parameters.
• Functions as a role model for current and new staff by creating a healthy work environment to facilitate the department's or unit's ability to meet identified goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitor and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
• Directs other licensed and non-licensed personnel in the provision of care to patients as assigned.
• Demonstrates effective and age-appropriate communication as well as the ability to understand the needs of the patient including non-verbal communication, fears, anxieties and language/cultural barriers.
• Responds within scope of practice to emergencies and life-threatening conditions.
• Adheres to and promotes patient safety practices throughout the patient experience.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively with all members of the healthcare team.
• Provides ongoing education to patients and families. Delegates to other staff registered nurse, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians, unit secretaries, and other staff positions specific to the department.
• Remains current on Evidence-based practice as well as appropriate Protocols and Procedures.
• Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Department Specific Duties

Surgery Center

For OPSC:

• Maintains high success rate for IV starts on first attempt. Processes patient through the surgical experience in a timely fashion to maintain departmental efficiencies.
• Remains flexible with dynamic work schedule to meet staffing needs.

For PASE:

• Interviews patient in-person and/or on phone to prepare for surgical day.
• Educates patient and/or family member for surgical experience.
• Creates initial assessment along with home medication and allergy list.
• Reviews charts for appropriate documentation to prevent cancellation of surgery.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Sound background in basic nursing principles and procedures.
• Demonstrates competency in unit specific skills.
• Demonstrates ability to provide safe and effective basic nursing care. Role Models exemplary customer service skills including verbal and non-verbal skills and proper phone etiquette.
• Creates a welcoming environment for all healthcare team members.
• Committed to ongoing self-development and learning.

Professional Experience

• Previous RN experience in an acute care setting preferred.

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Mercy is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years.

Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.