Staff Nurse - UICC Urgent Care WEO 60%
University of Iowa

The University of Iowa Community Clinics is seeking a patient centered 60% WEO Staff Nurse (24 hours a week) to work in our our UICC Urgent Care Clinics. Our Urgent Care Staff Nurses are responsible for caring for a wide variety of patients from newborn to geriatric. Their primary job duties include (but are not limited to) rooming, medication administration, lab collection and processing. This position is part of a dynamic and fast paced environment, rich with opportunities for learning and growth. We utilize a multidisciplinary approach to patient care that encourages team work to provide the most comprehensive care to our patients. This position will mainly support our Holiday Road and Scott Blvd. locations but could also travel to other clinic locations based on clinical needs/hours.

This position comes with a FULL BENEFIT PACKAGE and offers free on-site parking!

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Duties to include:

• 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, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
• Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
• Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
• Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions.
• Driver's License and ability to meet UI Fleet Safety Standards

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics-recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States-is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

WE CARE Core Values:

• Welcoming - We strive for an environment where everyone has a voice that is heard, that promotes the dignity of our patients, trainees, and employees, and allows all to thrive in their health, work, research, and education.
• Excellence - We aim to achieve and deliver our personal and collective best in the pursuit of quality and accessible healthcare, education, and research.
• Collaboration - encourage collaboration with healthcare systems, providers, and communities across Iowa and the region, as well as within our UI community. We believe teamwork - guided by compassion - is the best way to work.
• Accountability - We behave ethically, act with fairness and integrity, take responsibility for our own actions, and respond when errors in behavior or judgment occur.
• Respect - We are committed to ensuring that UI Health Care is an inclusive environment where individuals from the full spectrum of diversity - which includes identity, backgrounds, cultures, ability and perspective -feel safe, seen, and valued.
• Excellence - We dedicate ourselves to equity and fairness in research, health care, education and health

Benefits Highlights:

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, IA and surrounding cities (based on clinical needs and hours)
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.

The University of Iowa offers a generous benefits package, including paid vacation as well as paid sick leave. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at: https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits

Percent of Time: 60% WEO (24 hours per week)

Schedule: WEO hours of Saturday and Sunday between 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM, holidays falling on weekend time, no on-call time.

Location: Iowa City, IA and surrounding cities (travel to other clinics based on clinical needs/hours)

Pay Grade: 52 - https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/plans

Salary $55,910 - $102,559 (based on years of experience)

Education

• An Associate's Degree in Nursing, a Diploma in Nursing, a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (BSN), Professional Masters of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP), MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader or a Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN, MA) is required.

Required Qualifications

• Current license to practice in the state of Iowa by the time of hire
• Driver's License and ability to meet UI Fleet Safety Standards
• 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.
• Current course completion card in Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider by the American Heart Association (within 60 days of hire)
• Current course completion card in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) by the American Heart Association within 6 months of hire.
• Current course completion card in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) by the American Heart Association within 6 months of hire.

Desired Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Masters Degree in Nursing is highly desired.
• If Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is not yet obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable.
• 1 - 3 years of pediatric nursing experience.
• 1 - 3 years of problem solving experience.
  
• 1 - 3 years of cardiac nursing experience.
• 1 - 3 years acute patient care experience within Emergency Department, Cardiac Unit, Urgent Care and/or Walk-In Clinic area(s).
• Ambulatory nursing care experience, including telephone triage experience in the outpatient setting.

In order to be considered, applicants must upload resume (under submission relevant materials) that clearly address how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 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 Jennifer-L-Allen@uiowa.edu

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

Additional Information

• Classification Title: Staff Nurse
• Appointment Type: SEIU
• Schedule: Part-time

Compensation

• Pay Level: 52

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Jennifer Allen
• Contact Email: Jennifer-L-Allen@uiowa.edu

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