Intra-Op Registered Nurse (RN) - Hiawatha Outpatient Surgery Center Part/Full Time Days - NO WKNDS/HOLIDAYS/CALL!

Mercy Cedar Rapids has been recognized on the Forbes list of America’s Best-In-State Employers 2025, earning a spot in the Top 10 for Iowa. Mercy was also the  highest-ranked healthcare employer on the state’s list.

Registered Nurse – Mercy Surgery Center (Hiawatha)
Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus | Full-Time Benefits/PTO Accrual

Work Shift

Monday-Friday. No holidays, no weekends, no call!

Mercy's Hiawatha Surgery Center focuses on providing same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive procedures including a variety of orthopedic, ophthalmologic, and podiatry surgeries to both adults and children.

Work Shift

Day

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Summary

This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by being a competent, respectful, and compassionate professional who is able to safely, appropriately, accurately, efficiently and independently follow Mercy's standards along with policies and procedures while caring for patients. The Registered Staff Nurse works with the unit specific team members to identify clinical problems, develop a plan, and educate patients and families.

Job Description

Job Duties

• Ensure that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome.

• Demonstrates competent assessment, planning, intervention, coordination and evaluation skills based on the individual patient plan of care.

• Continually assesses patient and family needs in order to provide quality care based on a patient centered care model.

• Demonstrates critical thinking skills and judgment necessary to implement a patient plan of care, nursing interventions and procedures.

• Maintains accurate and real time documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team, according to hospital policy and procedure related to documentation parameters.

• Functions as a role model for current and new staff by creating a healthy work environment to facilitate the department's or unit's ability to meet identified goals and objectives.

• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitor and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.

• Directs other licensed and non-licensed personnel in the provision of care to patients as assigned.

• Demonstrate effective and age-appropriate communication as well as the ability to understand the needs of the patient including non-verbal communication, fears, anxieties and language/cultural barriers.

• Responds within scope of practice to emergencies and life-threatening conditions.

• Adheres to and promotes patient safety practices throughout the patient experience.

• Communicates and collaborates effectively with all members of the healthcare team.

• Provides ongoing education to patients and families.

• Delegates to other staff registered nurse, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians, unit secretaries, and other staff positions specific to the department.

• Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Department Specific Duties

Hiawatha Outpatient Surgical Center (OSC)

• Processes patient through the surgical experience in a timely fashion to maintain departmental efficiencies.

• Remains flexible with dynamic work schedule to meet staffing needs.

• Maintains high success rate for IV starts on first attempt.

• Maintains proper sterile technique throughout the procedure by diligent observation, instruction and supervision in the use of sterile technique.

• Ensures that all areas of procedure documentation are complete and accurate.

• Monitors supply usage in the OR to ensure accurate