RN Acute-Inpatient Adult Mental Health-Lutheran

apartment UnityPoint Health location_onDes Moines, IA, US

Area of Interest: Nursing
Sign On Bonus: $10,000
FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9
Department: Inpt Adult MH- Luth
Shift: Full-Time Nights, Full-Time Day/Evening Mix, Part-Time Weekend Package Day/Evening Mix, Part-Time Nights, Part-Time Day/Eve Mix
Job ID: 174865

Overview

Shifts: Full-Time Nights, 40 hours/week

Full-Time Day/Evening Mix, 40 hours/week

Full-Time Day/Evening Mix, 32 hours/week

Part-Time Nights, 24 hours/week

Part-Time Day/Evening Mix, 16 hours/week

Part-Time Day/Evening Mix Weekend Package, 24 hours/week

Benefits Eligible

Shifts include every other weekend and holiday rotation

Full-Time Sign-on Bonus: $10,000 paid over 2 years

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to adult mental health patients and their families. Maintains a practice environment that reflects the ANA Code for Nurses, Philosophy of Nursing at UnityPoint Health with in the structure of the Professional Nurse Practice Model and in collaboration with other care givers. Maintains a safe, therapeutic milieu and utilizes therapeutic communication skills that facilitate patient and family recovery from mental health crises.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:    

Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends.

Qualifications

Education:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program.

License(s)/Certification(s):

Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa

Experience:

Minimum of six months acute RN experience.

All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than six months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are encouraged and required to participate in the RN Residency program. For more information about the program, please go to https://www.unitypoint.org/desmoines/nurse-residency-program.asp

Other:

Level 3 Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

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