What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Acute-Intensive Care Unit-Lutheran position at UnityPoint Health?
- Area of Interest: Nursing
- Sign On Bonus: $20,000
- FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9
- Department: Intensive Care Unit- Luth
- Shift: day/night rotation rotating weekends and holidays
- Job ID: 186892
ICU Registered Nurse – Mixed Critical Care Unit
Shift: Full Time | Day/Night rotation 7am-7:30pm and 7pm-7:30am, rotating weekends and holidays
UnityPoint Health – Des Moines is offering a $20,000 sign-on bonus for full-time eligible RNs (Including Residents) hired or offered into acute inpatient roles between April 1 and October 31, 2026, paid in milestone-based installments.
Relocation Assistance: Up to $10,000 for full-time offers when relocating more than 50 miles.
Step into a role where every shift makes an impact.
We’re looking for a skilled, motivated ICU RN to join our dynamic mixed critical care team, caring for critically ill adult patients with a wide range of diagnoses — neurology, medical, surgical, pulmonary, and behavioral health.
Why You’ll Love This Role
- Care for diverse, high‑acuity patients
- Work with a tight‑knit, collaborative critical care team
- Strengthen your skills with complex interventions and varied cases
- Make a meaningful difference for patients and families
At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 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 focused on 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, health and vision 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.
Join our team of experts 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.
Education:
- 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 twelve months acute RN experience.
- All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than 12 months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, are required to participate in the RN Residency program. Please search and apply for specific openings listed as "Registered Nurse Residency". For more information about the program, please go to: Nursing Residency | Des Moines Area Hospitals
- 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.
Salary : $20,000