Clinic RN- Center for Liver Disease

• Area of Interest: Nursing
• Sign On Bonus: $5,000
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
• Department: Center for Liver Disease- Meth
• Shift: Monday- Friday 8am-4:30pm
• Job ID: 189489
  
  

Overview

Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus!

The UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Center for Liver Disease is a specialized outpatient clinic dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of liver diseases. The center provides comprehensive, patient-centered care for individuals with acute and chronic liver conditions, partnering closely with gastroenterology, hepatology, radiology, laboratory, and transplant teams to ensure coordinated care and positive patient outcomes.

Patients seen in the clinic may be managing conditions such as:

• Fatty liver disease (MASLD/NAFLD)
• Cirrhosis and liver failure
• Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
• Autoimmune liver diseases
• Alcohol-related liver disease
• Liver masses and tumors
• Portal hypertension and related complications
• Pre- and post-liver transplant care
  
  

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:    

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.
  
  

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

• Examine and assess ill patients and determine urgency of care.
• Order necessary tests, assist with clinics, monitor and enter lab results.
• Assist with outreach clinics.
• Patient education
• Authorizations for tests and procedures
• Patient medication refills
• Patient correspondence and phone calls
• Assist in case management with multidisciplinary teams involved as necessary
• Maintain accurate and confidential medical records on computer and written as needed.
• Communicate to physicians, co-workers, patients, visitors and other departments in a professional manner.
• Accurately and promptly implement physicians’ orders.
• Make independent nursing judgements.
• Utilize critical thinking in making independent judgment, maintains responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
• Document patient care and patient response to nursing intervention in a clear, concise, legible manner, according to policy/procedure.
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
  
  

Experience:

• Previous clinical nursing preferred
  
  

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Current Iowa licensure in good standing to practice as a registered nurse.
• Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three (3) months from date of hire.
  
  

Other:

• 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.