Nurse Practitioner – Acute Care Medicine Opportunity

MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center has an excellent full-time employment opportunity for an experienced, licensed, and certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to provide care in both the Emergency Department and inpatient hospital setting located in Dyersville, Iowa.

The expectation of our providers is to function independently at the highest level of practice. Although this list is not fully inclusive, the general expectations would include assessment, stabilization, diagnosis, treatment, and disposition of ED patients. Hospitalist responsibilities include admission, management of care, consultation with specialists, disposition planning, transfer, and discharge. The population served is all ages – neonatal through geriatric.

The schedule for this full-time opportunity is rotating shifts at 40 hours per week.

About The Unit 

• The critical access hospital contains 20 swing beds and three emergency department rooms. The swing beds accommodate acute/inpatient, skilled, observation, outpatient, and same-day surgery.
• Average daily census is three.
• Average of 150 emergency department visits per month, average surgeries are 175 per year.
• Staff consists of approximately 20 RNs and CNAs.
• Staff work closely with the multidisciplinary team, which includes pharmacy, social worker, nutrition, and PT/OT.
• Telehealth system of Avel is utilized to help with admitting privileges on the inpatient unit and additional needs/resources for emergency needs.

Interested candidates must have successfully completed a Master of Nursing program or higher. Additional requirements include current licensure in the state of Iowa as a Nurse Practitioner (NP), demonstrated competency as a NP, excellent verbal and written communication skills, critical thinking skills, and the ability to work with a team.

Previous emergency or critical care experience is preferred. All providers are required to have ATLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right Nurse Practitioner to enjoy quality of life and team comradery working alongside highly trained physicians and support staff. 

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

A highly competitive compensation and benefits package is available for the right candidate including:

• $10,000 sign-on bonus!
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Annual CME allowance
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Retirement program with employer contribution and employer matching
• Loan repayment opportunities
• Supportive medical staff

MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center is a 20-bed critical access hospital, which serves 17 rural communities in western Dubuque County and offers the following services:

• Emergency/Trauma
• Acute and skilled care
• Rehabilitation Services (PT/OT/Speech)
• Ambulatory Surgery
• Home Care
• Specialty Clinics

MercyOne Dyersville is part of MercyOne, which is an integrated system of hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities that stands on the shoulders of these faith-based women and their Mission. We are dedicated to delivering personalized health care and improving the health of people in the communities we serve.

With more than 2,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, across 18 medical centers and 23 affiliated organizations with nearly 18,000 colleagues, MercyOne is one of the largest health care systems in Iowa and beyond.

MercyOne is a member of Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the United States. Trinity Health is based in Livonia, Michigan.

Dyersville, Iowa, population 4,131, is located in Dubuque County and is one of the best places to live in Iowa. Dyersville is only 25 minutes West of Dubuque, right on U.S. Highway 20 and Highway 136. Many families, young professionals, and retirees live in Dyersville, and the public schools in Dyersville are highly rated.

Dyersville is known as the "Farm Toy Capital of the World". Home of the historic Ertl Company along with SpecCast, Scale Model Toys, Samuelson Pedal Tractors & Parts, and TOMY International, it is naturally also home to the National Farm Toy Museum.

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities – including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians. 

Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve. 

At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage you to explore this opportunity at www.trinity-health.org. 

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email docopps@trinity-health.org or call Trinity Health Physician Recruitment at (734) 343-2300.