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LPN- North 5 General and Women's Surgery- Methodist

UnityPoint Health
Des Moines, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/23/2024
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/23/2025
Overview

LPN- North 5 Women's Surgery - Methodist

Full-Time

Days or Nights; with every 3rd weekend and holiday rotation

Benefits Eligible

Shift differential for qualifying shifts

Sign-On Bonus: $5,000 for qualifying candidates

Caring for patients with acute care surgical needs. Specializing in women’s health, gynecology, breast surgeries including the DIEP flap reconstruction surgery, plastic surgery, ENT, and general surgery. Collaboration with the Physician Surgical Residency Program to ensure the patients receive the best outcomes.

Why UnityPoint Health?

  • Commitment to our Team – For the third consecutive year, we're proud to be recognized as a  Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare  for our commitment to our team members.
  • Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience  a culture  guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
  • Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – We’re committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
  • Development – We believe equipping you with support and  development opportunities  is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
  • Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

Visit  https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org/  to hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work.


Responsibilities
  • Possesses the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness
  • Participates in patient/family educational activities and uses appropriate resources to implement an individualized teaching and discharge plan with patients and their families
  • Performs hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for patients
  • Reinforces the care provided by other team members
  • Provides direction and supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel (i.e. Patient Care Technician), demonstrates clinical judgment appropriate for Iowa’s LPN scope of practice, uses problem solving techniques and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately
  • Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals
  • Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with patients, their families, and health team members and to ensure the fulfilment of requirements for legal documentation and reimbursement
  • Maintains a strong commitment to the Acute Care team
  • Contributes to the assessment of the physical, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions of patients and their families, as well as their educational and discharge needs
  • Collaborates with other rehabilitation team members and contributes to the dynamic interdisciplinary plan of care
  • Implements the interdisciplinary plan of care within the scope of LPN/LVN practice and provides nursing care and education directly or through ancillary personnel, as needed, to maintain and restore function and prevent complications and further loss
  • Contributes to the evaluation of the nursing care and to the modification of the plan as needed to achieve measurable goals and objectives
  • Contributes to the interdisciplinary team process at team conferences and other team meetings and offers input into team decision making within their scope of practice.

Qualifications

Education: Successful completion of a licensed practical nurse program from an accredited college.

Experience: Preferred experience or clinical time in Post-Acute Care or an Acute Care environment.

License(s)/Certification(s):

  • Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Iowa.
  • Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three (3) months from date of hire.
  • Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons.

  • Area of Interest: LPN;
  • FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9;
  • Department: Nursing N5- Meth;
  • Shift: Full-Time Days or Nights, weekend and holiday rotation;
  • Job ID: 155447;

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