All qualified candidates are eligible for a sign on incentive of up to $7,500

Overview of UI Health Care and the Nurse Residency Program:

• An outstanding opportunity awaits new graduate nurses at one of the nation’s premier teaching and research facilities, University of Iowa Health Care
• Imagine yourself working in our Magnet hospital—the first in Iowa. We were originally designated in 2004 and re-designated in 2008, 2013, 2018, and 2023 by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® that distinguishes nursing excellence both nationally and internationally.
• Our Nurse Residency Program is designed to assist newly graduated Licensed Staff Nurses with the transition from nursing school to a confident, competent, Registered Nurse. The Nurse Residency Program at the University of Iowa is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
• Through your first year as a Registered Nurse at UI Health Care you will receive additional support and training from the Nurse Residency Program Coordinator, Nurse Educators, and clinically experienced preceptors. 
• Monthly Resident Program classes/meetings will supplement your unit based orientation with additional hands on training, expert lectures and facilitator lead small group discussions. 
• The Residency classes provide didactic, evidence-based content essential to developing your clinical, inter-personal communication skills, and confidence in your practice.
• In daily practice, the Staff Nurse will assess patients' nursing care needs, evaluate effectiveness of care provided, and integrate nursing theory and research into clinical practice. Staff will provide leadership to members of the nursing team in order to maintain patient care standards.

• Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
• Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.
• Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
• Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
• Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
• Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
• Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions.

Percent of Time: 80%25 - 100%25, 32 - 40 hours per week
Schedule: Varies by unit
Location: University Campus, Downtown Campus, or North Liberty Campus
Salary: $60,000 minimum at 100%25 effort to commensurate *This does not include differentials.  Salary will vary based on years of experience and percent of effort
Pay Differentials: Shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Premium pay for additional shifts greater than 4 hours. Inpatient differential of up to $10,000 per year based on percent time
Pay Grade: 52/PD20 - https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/seiu-pay-plan

Benefits Highlights:

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
• For more information about Why Iowa?, click here

Application Requirements:

• Your resume must include the month and year of your anticipated graduation
• Your resume must include information from your internship/externship experiences and clinical rotation experiences
  • Describe the experience (summer externship, senior internship, preceptorship, role transition, clinical rotation)
  • Hospital or facility where these were completed
  • Type of unit you were working on
  • Hours completed in each area
  • Dates of each clinical (month and year)
• Your resume must also include certifications you have earned. During your work experiences or academic nursing program have you earned any certifications (i.e. ACLS/PALS, CNA, etc)
• Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.

PLEASE NOTE: This application is designated for academic RN program graduates with no previous RN experience. Staff nurses with previous RN experience please apply to the individual requisitions consistent with your areas of interest. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check. 

REFERENCES: Five professional references will be requested and required at a later step in the recruitment process. 

For questions, contact Morgan Schipper at Morgan-Schipper@uiowa.edu.