ICU RN

CommonSpirit Health; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs in Iowa seeks a Registered Nurse to provide compassionate, high-quality care that supports patient recovery in a fast-paced hospital setting.

You will follow the nursing process—assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation—while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team, performing skilled procedures, and documenting in patient records to ensure optimal outcomes.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire.
• Registered Nurse: IA, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 5 - months and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 5 - months

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate, high-quality care that impacts patient well-being and recovery.
• Follow the nursing process: assess, plan, implement, and evaluate.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Document all phases of the nursing process in the patient record.

Skills

Assessment skills

Critical thinking

Patient-centered care

Nursing process

Team collaboration

Education

RN nursing program

Tools

CPR

ACLS

PALS

Job description

Where You’ll Work

At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients’ well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You’ll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Follow the nursing process which includes: assess, plan, implement, and evaluate. The nursing process is an ongoing process that can end at any stage.
• Assessment - Demonstrates a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze the following healthcare consumer data including: psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic and lifestyle factors
• Plan - Sets measurable and achievable short and long term goals according to standards of care based on the assessment by the nurse in collaboration with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team.
• Implement - Implements and/or modifies the plan of care using assessment data, clinical reasoning based upon standards of care and evidence based practice. This includes care coordination, education and discharge planning. The nurse is accountable for the care directly, indirectly or through delegation. Professional and legal standards for delegation must be followed.
• Evaluate - Uses a systematic ongoing process to evaluate progress towards identified healthcare consumer goals. Revision of plan of care when needed involving the healthcare consumer and the multidisciplinary team.
• Documents all phases of the nursing process in the healthcare consumer’s record.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: IA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 5 - months and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 5 - months