Staff Nurse - Nursing Float Pool - 80-100% Perioperative Services Tier 3

Nursing Float Pool (Tier 3) - Perioperative Services

University of Iowa Health Care is seeking skilled staff nurses for their Nursing Float Pool (Tier 3) - also known as the Enterprise Staffing Pool - for Perioperative services. These staff nurses will circulate and scrub several services at University of Iowa Health Care University Campus, Stead Family Children's Hospital, UI Health Care Downtown Campus, and UI Health Care North Liberty Campus.

Key areas of responsibilities include:

• Collaboratively coordinating the continuum of care across settings.
• Developing patient care plans based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribe interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Participating in projects/committees for enhanced functioning of the unit and supporting unit level decision-making.
• Utilizing critical thinking skills with adult population across all services in acute and ambulatory settings.
• Preparing and educating patients for discharge following proper procedures.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of an interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Participating in the orientation of new staff and the ongoing education of personnel, as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
• Applying quality improvement principals to improve patient outcomes.
• Adhering to UI Health Care policies regarding personal conduct, including following established leadership, remaining responsive to instruction and coaching from supervisors, and meeting the standards of personal appearance, attendance, and punctuality.

Percent of time: 80-100%

Schedule: Part-Time and Full-Time Available

Education requirements:

An associate's degree in nursing, a diploma in nursing, a baccalaureate degree in nursing, professional masters of nursing and healthcare practice (MNHP), MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader or a master's degree in nursing (MSN, MA) is required.

Experience requirements:

• 2 or more years of experience within perioperative nursing in circulating role.
• Ability to scrub two or more services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions.
• General computer skills are required, including proficiency in managing multiple databases including Microsoft Excel.
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire.

Desired qualifications:

• Experience in academic medical center.
• Current or prior agency experience desired.
• Baccalaureate degree in nursing is highly desired.
• If baccalaureate degree in nursing is not yet obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable.
• A minimum of 2 years of inpatient nursing experience, preferably within the last 5 years, is highly desired.

Please include a resume with your submission. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 7 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact Faby Orozco.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. This position is not eligible for university sponsorship for employment authorization.