Staff Nurse - IRL Internal Medicine Rheumatology (60 - 100%)

The Iowa River Landing Clinic is seeking a 60% - 100% Staff Nurse for our Internal Medicine Rheumatology Clinic. The Staff Nurse is charged with the responsibilities of assessing patients’ nursing care needs, evaluating effectiveness of care provided, integrating nursing theory and research into clinical practices, and ensuring patient care standards are met. 

University of Iowa Health Care—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®  

University of Iowa Health Care–Iowa River Landing offers the world-class, academic-level medicine you expect from UI Health Care in a convenient medical office building that makes visiting the doctor a pleasant experience. Our pledge at UI Health Care–Iowa River Landing is that our patients will receive the best possible care in a friendly, compassionate, efficient way.

Duties to include but are not limited to:

• Apply nursing theory to assess, diagnose, treat and evaluate patient responses.
• Collaborate and integrate information from patient and family into multidisciplinary patient care plan and evaluate responses.
• Evaluate the quality of nursing care provided by other staff members.
• Responsible and accountable for the provision of care for patients.
• Maintain patient rights and confidentiality and serve as a patient advocate.
• Support setting up infusions both internally and externally.
• Manage infusion prior authorizations.
• Support direct patient care including but not limited to rooming, vaccines, and assisting providers with joint injections.

Percent of Time: 60 - 100% (based on candidate preference)

Schedule: Accomplished between the times of 7:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday. 

Rotations: Late

Location: Iowa River Landing

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. For more information, click here.

Education and Certification Requirements

• An Associate’s degree in Nursing, Diploma in Nursing, Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, or Master’s degree in Nursing (MNHP or MSN) is required.
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire.

Experience Requirements

• Excellen