Make an Impact When It Works for You – PRN RN Endoscopy Opportunity!

Looking for flexibility and a collaborative team environment? Join our Endoscopy department as a PRN Registered Nurse and enjoy daytime hours with no weekends!

• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8-hour day shifts (late stay may be required)
• Status: PRN – work as needed with the ability to balance your schedule

Bring your nursing expertise to a dynamic setting where you’ll partner with physicians and an interdisciplinary team to provide exceptional peri-procedural care. At UnityPoint Health, we uphold the ANA Code for Nurses and our Professional Nurse Practice Model, ensuring a supportive and professional environment every day you work.

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.

• Assesses the needs of patients and families, providing appropriate teaching and making the necessary referrals to provide continuity of care. 
• Develops an individual plan of care using a collaborative approach with the patient/family and health care team. 
• Promptly completes documentation to assure an accurate legal record of patient’s care. 
• Delivers high quality care utilizing the nursing process while demonstrating knowledge and clinical skills of the specialty required on assigned unit in accordance with established policies, procedures and standards of care. 
• Utilizes holistic approach (considering biopsychosocial, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients and families served in the assigned service area. 
• Delegates and provides direction for other healthcare team members within their scope of practice and holds them accountable for their involvement in the plan of care. 
• Utilizes critical thinking in developing nursing interventions while maintaining responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients. 
• Assess and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patient’s and their families’ age specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension. 
• Consults appropriate resources within the hospital to provide specialized education. 
• Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately. 

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.