About the position
HealthPartners is hiring for a RN Float working in the Urgent Care department. This position will float to multiple locations. Service excellence is to be centered on patient care and patient relationships and is the responsibility of all employees. Teamwork is the norm and all employees will be held accountable to work as effective multidisciplinary care team members. Effectively provides high quality service to both internal and external customers. Provides comprehensive assessments to establish and evaluate a plan of care and address changes in a patient’s condition.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates clinical competence in using the nursing process to provide care to patients and their families.
- Implements established Nursing Policies and Procedures and Standing Orders.
- Provides emotional, intellectual and psychological support to patients and their families.
- Documents accurately and completely and keeps record regarding clinical practice.
- Shares information with other members of the health care team.
- Makes appropriate patient referrals.
- Uses interdisciplinary resources to enhance own clinical decision making.
- Provides continuity among home, office, inpatient setting and community.
- Uses health coaching techniques to elicit patient goals and priorities to develop individualized patient action plans.
- Engages, assesses readiness to learn and educates patients and families to implement strategies to reach a desired goal or care intervention.
- Works in partnership with patient/family to identify patient and family needs and develop a plan for education and/or make appropriate nursing referrals.
- Participates in patient care conferences, in-services and educational programs.
- Serves as a role model in the enhancements of nursing practice and professional conduct.
- Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
- Acts as a patient advocate.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Provides current health education about diagnostic and prescribed treatments.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current RN licensure in Minnesota.
- Current RN licensure in Wisconsin within two months of hire.
- Current BLS certification for health professionals through the American Heart Association or Red Cross required and maintained.
- Strongly demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
- Minimum 1 year recent acute care experience in ambulatory or inpatient settings.
Nice-to-haves
- One year full time employment as an RN.
