St. Luke’s Cedar Rapids Emergency Department has been providing compassionate care to our community members of all ages (birth to end of life) 24 hours a day, 365 days per year for the last 140 years.  Our Emergency Department staff are experts in critical care and stabilization.

Why choose UnityPoint Health St. Luke’s Emergency Department?

• Develop and refine strong critical thinking skills ensuring the best patient outcomes
• Learn to quickly adapt to urgent situations, work autonomously, and think at a higher level
• Treat a variety of injuries, illnesses, and complications while working with patients of all ages and backgrounds.
• You will have the opportunity to work with a large collaborative healthcare team.  The team includes a supportive nursing leadership team, nurses, paramedics, patient care technicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, board certified emergency medicine doctors, social work, care coordination, pharmacists, and physical therapists.  We are also the community site rotation for EM residents from the University of Iowa
• Opportunity for lifelong learning
• Level 3 Trauma Center
• Accredited Chest Pain Center with Resuscitation with ACC
• Accredited Primary Stroke Center
• Four time Magnet Hospital
• Led the UPH system for best patient satisfaction with NRC for 3 years

The Emergency Department Manager is responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of the care provided on the patient care department(s), which is consistent with the established strategic plan, goals and objectives for Patient Care Services.  The Emergency Department Manager is responsible for 24-hour management of the patient care department and supports optimal care that requires specialized knowledge, critical thinking and skills based on principles of psychological, social, physical, and biological sciences that utilize the nursing process. The Emergency Department Manager demonstrates the attributes of servant leadership, communicates exceptionally, and motivates others to achieve outcomes through work with multidisciplinary teams. This person serves as chief recruitment and retention officer for department and works in collaboration with nursing leadership to identify areas of improvement regarding practice, policies and processes.

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.

Leadership

• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with staff, peers, physicians and administration to advance the core patient business strategy.
• Fosters development of unit leadership team.
• Responsible for department scheduling.
• Applies HR practices fairly and consistently.
• Ensures a thorough and adequate orientation program for new staff and student interns.
• Ensures the adequate competency training and continuing education programming is done to meet identified staff development needs.
• Supports department and hospital shared governance infrastructure and staff engagement.
• Supports continuous staff development and career goal achievement.
• Commits to the hours needed to achieve outcomes and develop others to assure round-the-clock leadership. Requires flexibility with hours worked and shifting priorities as the environment changes, without losing sight of goals/outcomes.
• Hardwires patient rounding to assure consistent contact with patients.
• Follows-up on patient concerns as soon as possible.
• Notifies Director and/or Administration of concerns that have the potential to escalate or lead to Risk Management concerns.
• May be requested to travel to conferences and meetings as a hospital representative.  Must be able to make arrangements to attend these as required.

Compliance

• The associate is aware of hospital and department compliance for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse. Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of department or hospital administrative staff.
• Purposefully conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner in support of the hospital’s commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity.
• Successfully completes hospital-wide orientation, annual hospital competencies and department specific competencies.

• Successful completion of an accredited nursing program
• Possess current RN licensure in the State of Iowa, BLS required
• Maintain current BLS certification
• Three to five years of clinical leadership with recognized knowledge and expertise in caring for specific patient populations
• Writes, reads, speaks, and comprehends fluent English
• Ability to direct others and to exercise judgment in problem-solving scenarios
• Ability to lead and/or participate in multidisciplinary teams
• Possess a comprehensive knowledge of general nursing theory and practice and an expanded knowledge of current clinical and specialized patient care concepts.
• Possess a broad and varied knowledge base that is continually enhanced through self-directed study and participation in educational opportunities.
• Possess knowledge of performance improvement and quality standards.
• Possess knowledge of The Joint Commission and other regulatory standards.
• Ability to complete basic computer course through in-hospital training; develops and maintains necessary computer skills including Word and Excel.
• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.