Registered Nurse-Surgery Outpatient Clinic - Ambulatory Procedural-Relocation Incentive Available!

Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses and upcoming/recent RN graduates to join our team and collaborate with top medical professionals. 

At IU Health, you will learn and develop your career in significant ways, advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can develop clinical expertise, explore diverse career opportunities, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today. 

The Surgery Outpatient Offices (SOPA) is a clinic caring for surgical patients.  As a team member, you will work alongside the surgeon, caring for patients beginning with their surgical consultation and continue throughout their surgical journey.  You will provide pre and post operative education as well as phone triage for patients and their families questions, before and after their surgery.   Our patient population includes plastic surgery and general surgery, including hepatobiliary and colorectal surgeons. Our clinic also has a dedicated dietician and a social worker.  Our clinic has 25 clinic rooms that includes two treatment rooms.  We have approximately 12K patient visits per year.

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm clinic with some flexibility.

Nursing skills gained:

• Nursing phone triage
• Assist with bedside procedures such as anoscopes, hemorrhoid bandings, tissue expander fills, feeding tubes, drain placement or removal as well as nursing procedures including staple/suture removal, wound vac/dressing changes, Port and PICC line draws and care, PICC line removals and hydration.
• Coordinating patient care through a multidisciplinary approach
• Supporting patients and their families throughout their surgical journey

Unit Success/Delegations:

• Active participant with the Initiation of the Preoperative Wellness Enhanced Rapid Recover (POWERR) program throughout the Adult Academic Health Center.
• Exemplar story for Magnet designation with the POWERR program
• Certified RN
• Option to work 8 or 10 hour shifts, no weekends, no holidays or call

Unit Culture Highlights:

• Opportunity to participate in various Ambulatory Committees, including the Ambulatory Nurse Peer Review, Ambulatory Professional Practice Council, and the Ambulatory Magnet Committee.
• Experienced team:  The average length of Years at IU Health among our RN’s is 18 years.
• Opportunity to participate in team building activities.
• 2023 Employee Engagement Score:  4.23/5

Qualifications 

• Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
• Requires that the RN has graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
• Other advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Why Join IU Health? 

As Indiana’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, and the number 1 ranked healthcare system in Indiana, we offer: 

• Increased pay scale for bedside nurses 
• A supportive and collaborative work environment that is patient centered. 
• Competitive benefits. 
• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match. 
• Employer paid medical leave. 
• Tuition reimbursement. 
  • Student loan forgiveness – IU Health qualifies under the public service loan forgiveness program. 
• Employee Assistance Program – Counseling at no cost to you 
  • Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck. The more you participate, the more you earn. 

 

Our culture of compassion allows for a holistic delivery of care that is individualized based on our patients’ and their families’ needs. At IU Health, every team member is a caregiver. This care does not stop with our patients, it also extends to one another and our community through service projects, health initiatives and wellness education. 

• Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 team members, including more than 3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we’re home to the largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members at over 800 sites