Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Emergency Department at our Southdale location in Edina, MN. Fairview Southdale Hospital offers care to people living and working in the southwest Twin Cities metro area. With more than 40 specialty services, we combine talents to balance innovative technologies and treatments with the art of medicine. Working together, we respectfully address the comprehensive needs of our patients and their families. Our ED is a 44-bed multifunctional private rooms, Level 3 Trauma Center that treats over 55,000 patients per year. All rooms have the capability to monitor heart rhythms, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure. In addition, three rooms have been established to handle critically ill or trauma patients, one of those specifically for pediatric patients. Our rooms are crafted to help all types of patients including mental health, high acuity patients and low acuity patients! In addition to being a Trauma Center, the Hospital is a Cardiac Center of Excellence and a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Team members include Emergency Physicians, Registered Nurses, ER Techs, Health Unit Coordinators, Mental Health Providers, Pharmacists and Case Managers. Our team works in an environment that has both an ambulatory and EMS/ambulance entrance. These areas are supervised by surveillance cameras and have an “emergency signal” to summon additional help. Access to diagnostic services is available 24 hours a day.

Requirements

Current Minnesota Registered Nurse (RN) license
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be completed before the end of orientation.
TNCC certifications to be complete no more than one year post hire.
ENCP: If the RN has never had it, need to complete no more than on year post hire.
1-2 years of current RN Emergency Department or ICU experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)
ACLS certification
Certification through the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (CEN or CPEN)

Responsibilities

Assesses patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes.
Collaborates with patient, family and other health team members to develop a nursing plan as part of an integrated, comprehensive plan of care
Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, condition and other relevant needs.
Evaluates care and patient response to interventions and expected outcomes.
Collaborates and communicates effectively and respectfully with the patient, family and members of the health care team within and across care settings to promote partnership-based health care
Demonstrates the ability to advance care by utilizing standards, guidelines, care pathways and continuous improvement to enhance patient outcomes.
Promotes a culture of evidence based practice (EBP)
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient population(s).
The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act.
The RN coordinates care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others as appropriate.