Job Description
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Nursing is seeking a Staff Nurse to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager.
Percent of Time: 90%
Schedule: 36 hours per week, 12 hour shifts, Day/Night shifts, every third weekend, rotating holidays
Location: Stead Family Children’s Hospital (SFCH)
Salary: $47,669.00 per year to commensurate *This does not include inpatient or shift differentials
SEIU Pay Plan: https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/seiu-pay-plan
Benefits Highlights:
- Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
- Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Qualifications
Education Required
- An Associate’s Degree in Nursing, a Diploma in Nursing, a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing, Professional Masters of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP), MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader or a Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN, MA) is required
Experience Required
- 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
- Recent acute care pediatric experience in a staff nurse role or Ped/Neonatal internship or clinical rotation in college within the last 18 months
- Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire
Desirable 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
Please attach a resume as part of the application process. 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 Tiffany Perkins at tiffany-perkins@uiowa.edu.
Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check.
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University of Iowa Health Care (UI Health Care) represents the integrated health-care enterprise of the University of Iowa, which includes:
- UI Hospitals & Clinics
- UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- UI Physicians
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Comprehensive multidisciplinary care is a hallmark of an academic medical center. The full spectrum of specialty and subspecialty care draws patients from Iowa, the region, and around the world.
We are committed to providing patient-focused care—available to every person, around the clock—in an environment devoted to innovative care, excellent service, and exceptional outcomes. UI Hospitals & Clinics and UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital together deliver quality care in collaboration with University of Iowa Physicians, the state's largest multi-specialty medical and surgical group practice composed of faculty physicians of UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. These partners work together as University of Iowa Health Care, to provide patient care, conduct biomedical research, and train the next generation of health professionals.
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- Forbes Magazine ranked UI Health Care on its 2020 list of “Best Employers for Diversity.” UI Health Care is No. 47 nationwide and No. 10 in its Healthcare & Social category.
- Forbes Magazine named University of Iowa Health Care as the No. 7 employer in the health care industry category and in the top 50 in all industries (2018). Forbes also places UI Health Care in the top 25 in the health care industry for its Best Employers for Women ranking (2018).
- UI Hospitals & Clinics was the first hospital in Iowa to be designated a Magnet Hospital (2004) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the first hospital in Iowa to be re-designated three times (2008, 2013 and 2018).
