Surgery Care Unit Nurse: Prep/Recovery (Day Shift) - Sign-On

University of Iowa; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $10,000

Insurance options including health,-dl

Retirement plan contributions

Job summary

The University of Iowa Health Care seeks a Staff Nurse for the Surgery Care Unit-Prep/Recovery at the Downtown Campus. The 100% Days shift offers a sign-on bonus up to $10,000 based on experience and includes a 2:30 pm–11:00 pm schedule with on-call shifts.

Join a team focused on comprehensive patient care, teaching, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Responsibilities include assessing nursing needs, developing care plans, coordinating discharge, and participating in quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Interpersonal skills with patients/families and nursing staff and interdisciplinary team members are required.
• General computer skills are required.
• Current Iowa nursing license required by date of hire.

Responsibilities

• Incorporates scientific, behavioral and humanistic principles for application to clinical practice.
• Utilizes, adheres and supports departmental standards and practice guidelines.
• Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
• Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.
• Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
• Develops patient care plan based on patient condition and context and implements it to achieve outcomes.
• Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities and documents responses.
• Collaborates with patients and families in the multidisciplinary plan.
• Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
• Implements nursing interventions per policies and maintains safe environment.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and research utilization.
• Functions as a patient advocate and contributes to cost containment strategies.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal comms

Interpersonal skills

General computer skills

Nurse license in Iowa

Education

Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Diploma in Nursing

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing

Professional Masters of Nursing / MSN

Master’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

The University of Iowa Health Care seeks a Staff Nurse for the Surgery Care Unit-Prep/Recovery at the Downtown Campus. The 100% Days shift offers a sign-on bonus up to $10,000 based on experience and includes a 2:30 pm–11:00 pm schedule with on-call shifts.

Join a team focused on comprehensive patient care, teaching, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Responsibilities include assessing nursing needs, developing care plans, coordinating discharge, and participating in quality improvement.