Registered Nurse (RN) - Direct Care at Iowa Department of Administrative Services Job Listing at DirectEmployers in Cherokee, IA (Job ID 3952003-2024-07-13)

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Registered Nurse (RN) - Direct Care

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Registered Nurse (RN) - Direct Care

Salary

$61,110.40 - $94,806.40 Annually

Location

Cherokee - 51012 - Cherokee County, IA

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

24-04518

Agency

400 Health & Human Services - State Operated Specialty Care - Civil Commitment Unit/Sexual Offenders

Opening Date

07/11/2024

Closing Date

8/11/2024 11:59 PM Central

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Point of Contact

Adam Benson, Nurse Supervisor, abenson@

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Job Description

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking a Direct-Care Registered Nurse to join the team at the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders (CCUSO). This is a full-time HHS position with a rotating schedule of five (5) 8-hour shifts per week from 2:00pm-10:00pm OR four (4) 10-hour shifts per week from 9:00pm-7:00am. This schedule includes working only every third weekend during the rotation of work weeks. In addition to the base pay rate, there is an available shift differential of $0.90 per hour for second shift and $1.00 per hour for third shift.

This position is eligible for a $3,000 recruitment payment. Speak to the Hiring Manager for more eligibility information.

Duties include staff education and training, patient education, Medication Aide-Certified training and observation, and providing general nursing care to a specific high-risk population. General nursing care includes direct acute and chronic nursing care, health promotion, disease prevention, health education strategies across the lifespan, treatment of patients through therapeutic activities, providing psychological support and direction, escorting patients, accurate documentation of patient's behaviors and attitudes, medication ordering, and MAR completion. The RN will work mostly independently with on-call personnel available.

CCUSO provides a secure, long-term, and highly structured setting to treat sexual offenders who have served their prison terms, but, in a separate civil trial, have been found likely to reoffend. The facility provides state-of-the-art treatment to patients to lower their risk of re-offending and to release them from confinement as quickly as possible. There is a full range of diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitative services focused on addressing the conditions impacting a patient's likelihood of re-offending.

We have a great total compensation package, including:

Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) (Employee contributes 6.29%/State of Iowa contributes 9.44%)

Retirement Investors Club (RIC) (Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan) (State of Iowa matches up to $75/month)

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance (See below for additional information)

Vacation Leave (96 hours/year to begin, and increases with years of service)

Sick Leave (144 hours/year)

Paid Holidays (9 days/year)

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance ($20,000 paid for by the State of Iowa)

Long-Term Disability Insurance

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Cherokee Highlights

CCUSO is located in Cherokee, a city of approximately 5,000 set in the beautiful Little Sioux River Valley in Northwest Iowa. Residents enjoy fishing and canoeing on the Little Sioux River that winds through town, providing a backdrop to a well-developed parks and trails system. In addition, Cherokee has over 1,000 acres of land devoted to parks and outdoor activities like camping, hiking, and horseback riding. Cherokee is the home of the first accredited museum and planetarium in Iowa, Sandford Museum and Planetarium, established in 1951. Cherokee may be the smallest town in the world to have its own symphony orchestra! This 60-member orchestra has been referred to as the "best kept secret in Northwest Iowa."

Cherokee is home to Western Iowa Tech Community College and 1 hour or less from other educational institutions including Morningside College, Northwestern College, Buena Vista University, and Dordt College. This quintessential Iowa town is 1 hour from Sioux City and 2 hours from Omaha. Check out these 10 Reasons to Move to Iowa () .

The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer

HHS values those with "lived experience" and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the DHS system to apply. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired - Relay Iowa DD).

Our agency uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator's Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

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Additional Qualification Requirements

More information regarding the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is available at theNurse Licensure Compact ()

Review the provisions of the statute that authorized the creation of the Nurse Licensure Compact at Chapter 152E, Iowa Code () .

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