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Work Shift

Day

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Summary

This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by serving as a RN professional who is an expert role model, mentor, and teacher within their specialty. The clinician functions in a leadership role by assuming delegated responsibility.

Job Description

Job Duties

• Demonstrates expert critical thinking skills by problem solving patients' situations involving complex problems.
• Champions and applies evidenced based practice related to policies, procedures and education materials.
• Coordinates and implements competencies, skills lab, and mandatory in-service for the unit and/or the organizations.
• Acts as the physician liaison for their specialty area.
• Demonstrates clinical competency.
• Promotes effective working relations and works to enable the department and organization to meet the goals and objectives.
• 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

OR

• Demonstrates a constructive approach during all interactions with staff toward the organization.
• Supports Nurse Manager's decisions and models positive behaviors related to change
• Assists specialty team with call responsibilities in the event of resignation/termination of a team member 
• Fosters mature professional relationships with fellow employees in a courteous, friendly manner as measured by management observation and peer input.
• Provides input into performance evaluations for their specific team.
• Completes counseling memos as necessary to assist team members with their performance.
• Performs Surgical Assistant duties as needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Sound background in complex safe nursing principles and procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide safe and effective nursing care.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively both orally and written.

Professional Experience

• Minimum two years RN experience within clinical specialty required
• One-year additional clinical experience required.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing and specialty certification preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration

• Currently licensed as Registered Nurse in the state of Iowa or compact state required.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), in accordance with the American Heart Association required.
• Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse & Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required.  Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date.

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Mercy is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years.

Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.