Registered Nurse (RN)- Critical Care Flex Team

Fairview Health Services • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Fairview Health Services is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Critical Care Flex Team at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center – East Bank in Minneapolis, MN.
About the Critical Care Flex Team
Our Critical Care Flex Team provides coverage across three ICUs within the East Bank facility:Surgical ICU (SICU), Medical ICU (MICU) and Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU)
This dynamic role offers a high degree of autonomy while working with a strong interdisciplinary team. You will manage the full scope of critical care nursing with access to support resources for tasks such as IV placement and lab coordination. As the primary caregiver, you will perform procedures, manage medication titrations, and partner closely with providers to deliver exceptional patient care.
Schedule: This position is 0.75 FTE (60 hours per two weeks), working 12‑hour night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a rotation every third weekend (Friday through Sunday)
Patient Population & Technologies
In this role, you will care for patients recovering from or experience:
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
Aortic arch repair
Neurosurgery
Complex surgical procedures
Heart, lung, and liver transplantation
You will also care for patients with diagnoses such as multisystem organ failure, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, influenza, sepsis, renal failure, GI bleeding, overdose, pre/post bone marrow transplant, and respiratory or cardiac arrest.
This position routinely utilizes advanced critical care technologies, including:
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)
Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)
Swan-Ganz catheters

Requirements

• Minnesota Registered Nurse License
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• 1 year of ICU experience - OR – 18 months of IMC/ PCU experience
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months of hire

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Arts in Nursing

Responsibilities

• Assessing patient needs and identifying encouraged nursing outcomes
• Developing a nursing plan of care
• Implementing interventions as needed during treatment based on the plan of care
• Evaluating care and patient response to interventions and encouraged outcomes
• Using communication strategies to achieve desirable outcomes
• Coordinating care with members of the health care team and delegating responsibilities to others as appropriate
• Demonstrating the ability to advance care by applying standards, guidelines, care pathways, and continuous improvement to improve patient outcomes.
• Promoting a culture of evidence based practice (EBP) by participating in a multitude of available opportunities.

Benefits

• Fairview offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/noncontractrn

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees