Nurse Residency Program Job Opening

Nurse Residency Program

The University of Iowa

• Iowa City, Iowa
Category: Health Unit Coordinator
STAFF NURSE - NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Staff Nurse positions will vary between 80 - 100%, with varying shifts.

Overview of UIHC and the Nurse Residency Program:
  • An outstanding opportunity awaits new graduate nurses at one of the nation’s premier teaching and research facilities, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC)!
  • Imagine yourself working in our Magnet hospital—the first in Iowa. We were originally designated in 2004 and re-designated in 2008, 2013, and 2018 by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® that distinguishes nursing excellence both nationally and internationally.
  • Our Nurse Residency Program is designed to assist newly graduated Licensed Staff Nurses with the transition from nursing school to a confident, competent, Registered Nurse. The Nurse Residency Program at the University of Iowa is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
  • Through your first year as a Registered Nurse at UIHC you will receive additional support and training from the Nurse Residency Program Coordinator, Nurse Educators, and clinically experienced preceptors.
  • Monthly Resident Program classes/meetings will supplement your unit based orientation with additional hands on training, expert lectures and facilitator lead small group discussions.
  • The Residency classes provide didactic, evidence-based content essential to developing your clinical, inter-personal communication skills, and confidence in your practice.
  • In daily practice, the Staff Nurse will assess patients' nursing care needs, evaluate effectiveness of care provided, and integrate nursing theory and research into clinical practice. Staff will provide leadership to members of the nursing team in order to maintain patient care standards.
Characteristic Duties of our Staff Nurses include but are not limited to:
  • Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
  • Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.
  • Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
  • Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
  • Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
  • Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
  • Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
  • Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions.
Application Requirements:
  • Your resume must include information from your internship/externship experiences and clinical rotation experiences.
  • Describe the experience (summer externship, senior internship, preceptorship, role transition, clinical rotation).
  • Where (what hospital) did you complete the experience?
  • What type of unit were you working on?
  • How many hours did you complete?
  • When did you complete the experience (dates)?
  • Your resume must also include certifications you have earned. During your work experiences or academic nursing program have you earned any certifications (i.e. ACLS/PALS, CNA, etc)?
(Applications submitted without the required information will be considered incomplete)

PLEASE NOTE: This application is designated for academic RN program graduates with no previous RN experience. Eligible candidates will have completed an academic RN program up to one year prior to application date, or will complete an academic RN program within 4 months of application date. Staff nurses with previous RN experience please apply to the individual requisitions consistent with your areas of interest.

REFERENCES: Five professional references will be requested and required at a later step in the recruitment process.

Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check and credential checks.

Contact Information:
Mason Garcia
Senior Human Resource Specialist
319-384-6736
  • Expected completion of an academic RN program within 4 months of application date, or completion of an academic RN program within 1 year of application date with no prior RN experience is 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.
  • Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire.
  • Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Masters Degree in Nursing is highly desired.
  • Knowledge of University of Iowa policies and procedures is desired.