RN Acute-Inpt Adult Mental Health-Lutheran

RN Acute-Inpt Older Adult Mental Health-Lutheran

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Overview

Registered Nurse (RN) – Acute Inpatient Older Adult Mental Health UnityPoint Health – Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines

Available

Shifts:

Flexible scheduling to support your work-life balance and career goals:

• Full-Time Evenings: 3:00 PM – 11:30 PM (36 hours/week)
• Full-Time Day/Evening Rotation: 36 hours/week
• Full-Time Day/Evening Rotation: 32 hours/week
• Part-Time Day/Evening Rotation: 24 hours/week
• Weekend and holiday rotations are required for all roles.

Compensation & Benefits

• $10,000 Sign-On Bonus (paid over two years)
• Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees

About The Unit

This specialized 12-bed unit provides short-term psychiatric care for older adults experiencing acute behavioral health challenges. Nurses on this team are essential in:

• Stabilizing patients during mental health crises
• Collaborating with providers to manage medications
• Coordinating discharge planning for safe transitions
• Delivering empathetic, patient-centered care in a secure setting

Responsibilities

• Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
• Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
• Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
• Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program.
• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa
• Minimum of six months acute RN experience.
• All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than six months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are encouraged and required to participate in the RN Residency program.
• Level 3 Medium Work:
  Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.