Registered Nurse- Part Time

State of Iowa; Coralville (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Iowa is hiring nurses for evening shifts to provide comprehensive health services to patients and staff. Responsibilities include health appraisals on admission, patient care in a multidisciplinary team, and maintaining electronic records with emphasis on safety and accuracy.

The role involves clinical assessments, emergency response, coordination of lab and telemedicine services, and discharge planning to ensure high-quality health outcomes in a state facility setting.

Qualifications

• RN licensure and passing credentials are required.
• Eligibility to work in the United States per E-Verify and Right to Work laws.

Responsibilities

• Complete health appraisals on admission and periodic appraisals for patients and staff.
• Conduct a health clinic to identify medical, mental health, and dental issues and make referrals as needed.
• Perform physical examinations of reported injuries/illnesses including staff when indicated.
• Maintain electronic medical records and ensure adherence to standards.
• Respond to medical emergencies and provide emergency health care.
• Plan and conduct emergency drills following institutional procedures.
• Discharge summaries for patients scheduled to leave.
• Collaborate with Interdisciplinary Team to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Coordinate lab services, phlebotomy, EKGs, telemedicine and x-ray support.

Education

RN License (Iowa)

Job description

Available shifts are Evenings

• Complete health appraisals on admission and do periodic health appraisals to both patients and staff according to DOC policy
• Conduct a health clinic for patients in order to identify significant medical, mental health and/or dental issues, determine appropriate nursing interventions and make referrals as needed.
• Physical examination of all reported patient injuries/illness which may also include staff
• Document required visits to patients in segregated status
• Maintain DOC electronic medical records consistent with appropriate standards
• Maintain an ongoing awareness of patients with potential for self-destructive behavior
• Assess patients to identify appropriate mental health nursing interventions
• Collaborate with members of an inter-disciplinary health team to plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate patient care
• Respond to all medical emergencies and provide emergency health care
• Plan and conduct emergency drills in accordance with institutional procedure
• Assume primary clinical responsibility for health services to patients during weekend and holiday assignment
• Complete discharge summaries on patients scheduled to leave
• Practice nursing following State board practice standards
• Assist the medical practitioner, dentist, psychiatrist as needed, providing accurate, precise communications, and hands-on delivery
• Transcribe and note practitioner orders electronically
• Organizes and coordinate services through daily schedules of appointments and clinic visits
• Complete lab services, including phlebotomy, EKGs as ordered
• Assist with telemedicine and x-ray services
• Complete central supply tasks of cleaning, packaging, and sterilizing medical supplies
• Maintain an institutional health services procedure manual
• Communicate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team

• Working with mental health staff and patients' mental health concerns/issues, communications, and hands‑on delivery
• Transcribe and note practitioner orders electronically
• Organizes and coordinate services through daily schedules of appointments and clinic visits
• Complete lab services, including phlebotomy, EKGs as ordered
• Assist with telemedicine and x‑ray services
• Complete central supply tasks of cleaning, packaging, and sterilizing medical supplies
• Maintain an institutional health services procedure manual
• Communicate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team
• Working with mental health staff an -patients mental health concerns/issues

E-Verify and Right to Work The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator's Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

NOTE: Please include your State of Iowa or Compact State License Number when submitting your application

Compact license holders are required to obtain an Iowa license within 60 days.

More information regarding the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is available at Nurse Licensure Compact.

Review the provisions of the statute that authorized the creation of the Nurse Licensure Compact at Chapter152E, Iowa Code.