Registered Nurse-Medical Surgical and PCU Combo Unit

Overview

Shift: Full-Time, nights

Part and Full-time roles are eligible for a $30,000 sign-on bonus — apply today to learn more!

Are you an upcoming nurse graduate or recent nurse graduate? Please apply through our pipeline requisition here: https://iuhealth.org/ApplyRN. This pipeline requisition allows the IU Health Talent Acquisition team to pair upcoming & recent nurse graduates with the best opportunities available to them based on their unique skillset and interests. Thanks for your interest in joining the team!

Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses 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.

Our department is a combination of medical/surgical and PCU. Our team cares for a variety of adult patients. Patient diagnosis includes but are not limited to Congestive Heart Failure, Chest Pain rule out ME, Abd pain, Diverticulitis, Pancreatitis, Pneumonia, post-op surgeries, Wounds, FLU, COVID, Weakness, Falls at Home. We have a 24-bed unit to care for patients with an average daily census of 10-12. We have a total of 4 PCU beds within the unit along with swing bed patients. We also have support staff that include hospitalists for our day shift team and nocturnist for our night shift team.

Nursing skills gained: Great Unit to start out on as a Graduate Nurse or new to practice nurse. You will learn:
- Organizational Skills
- Admission and Discharges
- Assessment Skills
- IV, PICC, Port Skills
- Wound Care
- Telemetry Patients
- Lab Draws
Unit Successes/Designations/National recognition:
- Decrease in falls every year. Poster presentation at the International 2024 Magnet and Pathway Conference
- Pathway Designation
- Low Turn Over Rates
- Employee Longevity
- Great Patient Experience Scores – Leading the System for Inpatient Units
- Team Member Experience Statically Significant Improvement over the year
- Professional Practice Committee
- High percentage rate for Good Catch Event Reporting
Unit Culture Highlights:
- Family Oriented
- Teamwork
- Team Member Experience
- Cross Trained

Qualifications

Requires 1 year RN experience.
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:

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.

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