Registered Nurse (RN) – Acute Inpatient Older Adult Mental Health UnityPoint Health – Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines

Available Shifts

Flexible scheduling to support your work-life balance and career goals:

• Full-Time Evenings: 3:00 PM – 11:30 PM (36 hours/week)

• Full-Time Day/Evening Rotation: 36 hours/week

• Full-Time Day/Evening Rotation: 32 hours/week

• Part-Time Day/Evening Rotation: 24 hours/week

  • Weekend and holiday rotations are required for all roles.

Compensation & Benefits

• $10,000 Sign-On Bonus (paid over two years)

• Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees

About the Unit

This specialized 12-bed unit provides short-term psychiatric care for older adults experiencing acute behavioral health challenges. Nurses on this team are essential in:

• Stabilizing patients during mental health crises

• Collaborating with providers to manage medications

• Coordinating discharge planning for safe transitions

• Delivering empathetic, patient-centered care in a secure setting

This is more than a nursing job—it’s an opportunity to join a team that values dignity, healing, and hope. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

• Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
• Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
• Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
• Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program. 

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa 

Experience:

• Minimum of six months acute RN experience.
  • All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than six months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are encouraged and required to participate in the RN Residency program. For more information about the program, please go to https://www.unitypoint.org/desmoines/nurse-residency-program.asp

Other: 

• Level 3 Medium Work:  Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.