What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinic Nurse-Blank Pulmonary position at UnityPoint Health?
- Area of Interest: Nursing
- Sign On Bonus: $5,000
- FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
- Department: Blank Pulm Clinic- Meth
- Shift: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4pm
- Job ID: 180406
Full-Time Days Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm
Are you a nurse driven to make a real impact in children’s lives? At Blank Children’s Pulmonology in Des Moines, IA, you’ll be part of an expert team delivering top-tier respiratory care to infants, children, and teens.
✅ Why You’ll Love Working Here
- Impactful Pediatric Care: Treat conditions like asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic lung disease, sleep apnea, chronic cough, airway malformations (e.g., tracheomalacia), bronchopulmonary dysplasia, recurrent infections, interstitial and restrictive lung diseases, upper airway obstruction, vocal cord dysfunction, and more.
- Advanced Clinical Services:
- Allergy testing & monoclonal biological therapies
- Flexible and rigid bronchoscopy (including triple evaluations with ENT and GI specialists)
- Home mechanical ventilation management, pulse-ox testing, and oxygen therapy
- Pulmonary function & stress testing with laryngoscopy
- Specialized Cystic Fibrosis clinic
Work alongside board-certified pediatric pulmonologists, nurse practitioners, and respiratory therapists in a collaborative atmosphere that values your insights, growth, and compassionate care.
Join us—help young patients breathe easier today and thrive tomorrow!
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.
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
- 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.
- Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych/social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area.
- Delegates patient care based on clinical assessment and within scope of practice.
- Demonstrates the ability to consistently meet the department work schedule.
- Consistently delivers high quality care demonstrating knowledge and clinical skills of the specialty required on assigned unit in accordance with established policies and procedures and standards of care.
- Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of care, patient and employee safety, and customer service.
- Balances team and individual responsibilities, participates in peer review, seeks involvement in organizational initiatives.
Education:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program
- Current active Iowa License to practice as a RN or LPN
- Previous pediatrics exerience preferred.
Salary : $5,000