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Iowa Ortho – A Center of Excellence

At Iowa Ortho, we are a physician-owned orthopedic clinic and surgery center dedicated to providing exceptional medical care to the people of central Iowa. We embrace growth and technological advancements, making real-time decisions and changes to ensure the highest standard of patient care. Join our team and be a part of our commitment to delivering gold-standard healthcare.

SUMMARY:

Are you passionate about working in the operating room and aspiring to build a career as a Pre/Post Registered Nurse? Iowa Orthopedic Center, recognized as a center of excellence, is actively seeking a motivated RN to join our team at MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center. This role offers a dynamic and team-oriented environment focused on mutual support and the improvement of patient outcomes.

Why Choose Iowa Ortho:

• Center of Excellence: Discover why Iowa Ortho is a recognized center of excellence in orthopedic care.
• Cutting-Edge Environment: Work in a state-of-the-art facility that embraces the latest advancements in medical technology.
• Team Atmosphere: Join a collaborative team that supports one another and is committed to enhancing patient care.
• Professional Growth: Benefit from opportunities for career advancement and continuous learning.

This position has a $5,000 sign-on-bonus!

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Communicate effectively and appropriately with staff, physicians, patients, families and other health care team members.
• Conduct assessments according to facility guidelines.
• Administers nursing care to patients; includes assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the patient's care plan in coordination with the physician.
• Provides nursing care guided by physician orders, unit protocols and professional judgment.
• Communicates effectively and appropriately with staff, physicians, patients, families and other healthcare team members.
• Participates in ongoing educational activities related to clinical knowledge and professional issues.
• Contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues by sharing knowledge and skills.
• Delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights.
• Considers factors relating to safety, effectiveness and cost in planning/delivering patient care.
• Provides patient/family or caregiver education and counseling in recognition and solution of physical, emotional, and environmental health problems.
• Utilizes hospital information system to process orders/data and retrieve patient information.
• Maintains knowledge of documentation requirements needed for patients' records.
• Participates in the performance improvement process. Assists with regulatory compliance throughout the organization.
• Demonstrates competence in specified computer applications.
• Provides nursing care guided by physician orders, unit protocols and professional judgment.
• Works independently with limited direct supervision using the Nurse Practice Act, Mercy Medical Center policies, nursing standards, and professional judgment.
• Maintains knowledge of equipment set-up, maintenance, and use (i.e., IV pumps, monitoring equipment, and drainage devices).
• Initiates emergency support measures (i.e., cardiopulmonary resuscitation, protecting patient from injury).
• Complies with OSHA/JCAHO and other regulatory agency recommendations and guidelines.

MARGINAL FUNCTIONS:

• Other duties as assigned by Nurse Manager, including staff cross training.
• Assists in maintenance of physician's preference cards
• Participate in maintenance of unit resource materials.
• Assists with clerical duties (i.e., maintenance of charge, patient record, answering phones and call lights, processing physician orders.
• Maintains patient care supplies, equipment, and environment.
• Provides orientation/education for staff, students, and other hospital and community organizations as requested.
• Supports and participates in departmental Performance Improvement projects.
• Attends departmental and other meetings as assigned.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• R.N. with license to practice in State of Iowa.
• Mandatory reporting course within previous 5 years within 3 months of hire
• IV skill preferred.
• Knowledge of preoperative services.
• Maintains BLS qualification or obtained within 6 months of hire
• Maintains ACLS qualification, or obtains within 6 months of hire
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certified or obtained within six (6) months of hire for PACU only.
• Ability to read, write and speak English language.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS: (Constant = 67-100% of workday, Frequent = 34-66% of workday, Occasional = 33% or less of workday)

Constant

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Maintaining an upright position.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
• Fingering: Writing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken wordthose activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal range; ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminationS in sound, such as when auscultating and percussing.
• Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motion) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Frequent

• Balancing: Maintaining equilibrium to prevent falling when assisting patients with activity.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist (for example, emptying suction canister that are below waist level or obtaining supplies from low shelves).
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest or kneel.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine (for example, emptying foley bag attached to bed frame)
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips and palms.

Occasional

• Climbing: Stairs, stools, ramps.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Heavy work: Exerting up to 65 lbs. push/pull (force to move frequently, and lifting up to 50 lbs. occasionally, and lifting up to 40 lbs. frequently, and lifting up to 20 lbs. constantly, to move patient and/or objects.

VISUAL ACUITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to accurately prepare and read written documentation.
• Ability to utilize computer terminal.
• Good hand-eye coordination including the ability to work with small items i.e. suture, etc.
• Peripheral vision
• Ability to read pertinent printed and electronic material and distinguish colors.
• Ability to include inspection during patient assessment.
• Ability to accurately read measurements on patient related equipmentsome examples include: thermometers, mechanical gauges, glucometers, IV pumps, and computer monitor displays.

INTELLECTUAL/EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to maintain a high standard of courtesy and cooperation (service excellence) in dealing with co-workers, patients and visitors, and perform job functions satisfactorily despite the stress of an outpatient surgery environment.
• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits and standards.
• Ability to accept responsibility for the direction or planning of an activity but also to work independently.
• Adaptability to performing under stress when confronted with emergent, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or situation in which working speed and sustained attention are vital aspects of the job.

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About the Company:
Iowa Orthopaedic Center PC

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