Registered Float Nurse - FT - Elkader

Employment Type:
Full timeShift:
Description:
POSITION PURPOSE:
Float Nurse position requires scheduling flexibility and will include:
Med/Surg/ER Nursing
This position must cover open nursing shifts as a result of nurse vacancies, illness, or PTO and must be able to effectively perform nursing duties within the med/surg and emergency departments. Inpatient nursing requires knowledge of nursing process, prioritization, policy & procedure to effectively care for emergent, acute, and skilled patient populations of varying age.
Outpatient nursing
This position must provide back-up coverage and works in coordination with multiple departments including medical records, pharmacy billing, lab, radiology, materials management, and nursing to ensure/acquire appropriate prior authorization, supplies, equipment, appointments, and medications for outpatients.
Perioperative nursing
This position will support our operating room and will be responsible for assisting with pre-op, intra-op and post-op.
In the operating room the perioperative nurse may serve as a scrub nurse, selecting and passing instruments and supplies used for the operation, or as a circulating nurse managing the overall nursing care in the operating room and helping to maintain a safe, comfortable environment. The perioperative nurse will also assist in preparing charts/documentation for surgical and/or clinic outpatients.
When needed, this position will assume responsibility of a sterile processing technician assuring all equipment and supplies are sterilized according to manufacture guidelines.
Job Description Details:
Your best life. Our one purpose.
At MercyOne, we own our actions to achieve our larger goals. We invest in great people and ask that you make each experience your responsibility.
What we offer:
We care about your well-being, both physical and mental, which is why our benefit package includes:

• Wellness programs
• Education reimbursement
• Personalized health insurance plans including dental and vision.
• Paid time off.
• Long- and short-term leave
• Retirement planning

What you will do:

• Provide high level customer service across service lines utilizing the nursing process.
• Adheres to the principles of caring and Nursing in Credo expected behaviors. Fostering a climate where all customers are treated in a manner consistent with MercyOne Elkader Medical Center's Mission and Values.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Compliance & Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.
• Working with patients prior to surgery to complete paperwork and help answer questions or calm fears about surgery.
• Monitoring a patient's condition during and after surgery
• Assist the surgical team by donning gloves and gowns as well as selecting and passing instruments and supplies to the surgeon during procedures.
• Educating patients on best practices for recovery, including pain management and keeping wounds clean.
• Cleaning surgical equipment and operating room to maintain a sterile environment.
• Organize patient scheduling and service coordination for operating room service line in collaboration with ancillary departments assuring CAH regulations/facility policy are met and followed.
• Maintain timely/accurate documentation and communication to keep the referring/ordering provider informed of the patient's status.
• Maintain process competency in the management of outpatient nursing visits assuring prior authorization is completed, resources are available, patient scheduling is complete, and planning/documentation is shared with med/surg staff.
• Assist in pre, intra, and post-operative care delivery by assuring all necessary documentation is completed; the patient is properly prepped; monitoring of patient during and after surgery for safe discharge.
• Assist with surgical clinic as directed by outpatient service director.
• Have knowledge of and/or assist in the development and implementation of plan of care for patients across all departments.
• Assist with departmental quality improvement initiatives and monitor as directed.

What we are looking for:

• Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa
• 2-5 years nursing experience on Medical/Surgical unit and in perioperative services.
• Ability to interpret cardiac arrhythmias.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Must be able to function independently and in collaboration with other health care professionals.
• Certified in BLS within the first 30 days, ACLS, PALS, NRP, & TNCC within the first year.
• Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training is required within 6 months of hire and every 3 years thereafter.

MercyOne Eastern Iowa provides exceptional, personalized care to Dubuque, Dyersville, Elkader, Clinton and surrounding areas providing more than 300 licensed beds. MercyOne Eastern Iowa operates four medical centers in Dubuque, Elkader, Dyersville and Clinton. Our facility in Clinton has branches in DeWitt, Fulton and Morrison specializing in family medicine and Savanna Home Health & Hospice Care based in Illinois.

• MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
• MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
• MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
• MercyOne Clinton Medical Center

With a history dating back more than 130 years, MercyOne Eastern Iowa has grown through expansions, acquisitions and consolidations to help provide exceptional, personalized care to our communities. Our four medical centers employ over 2,000 colleagues and medical staff improving access and creating an even higher level of care coordination to benefit patients and communities throughout the region.
Our Mission:
We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel, as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.
Our Core Values:

• Reverence
• Commitment to Those Who are Poor
• Safety
• Justice
• Stewardship
• Integrity

Our Vision:

• We will be the most trusted health partner for life.

Our Actions:
As a Trinity Health colleague, I will:

• Listen to understand.
• Learn continuously.
• Keep it simple.
• Create solutions.
• Deliver outstanding service.
• Own and speak up for safety
• Expect, embrace and initiate change.
• Demonstrate exceptional teamwork.
• Trust and assume good intentions.
• Hold myself and others accountable for results.
• Communicate directly with respect and honesty.
• Serve every person with empathy, dignity and compassion.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion.

Our Promise:

• We Listen.
• We Partner.
• We Make it Easy.

MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center and all its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, physical disability or any other classification protected under local, state or federal law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.