REGISTERED NURSE - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Aspirus Health•Duluth, MN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Aspirus St. Luke’s in Duluth, Minnesota, is seeking a Registered Nurse to join its Emergency Department. The Staff Nurse applies professional nursing knowledge and delivers care in accordance with Minnesota Board of Nursing requirements and St. Luke’s policies. The nurse plans, delegates to, and organizes nursing personnel; coordinates information among patients, families, and healthcare team members; provides education; and evaluates outcomes. The position uses collaborative and autonomous practice reflecting current emergency nursing standards and St. Luke’s policies and procedures. It integrates clinical knowledge and technical skills in emergency care and provides support and services across the Emergency Department, including Intake, Triage, and Urgent Care. This is a part-time position at 0.90 FTE, or 72 hours biweekly, with a 12-hour evening/night rotation and an every-other-weekend requirement. The listed hourly salary range is $45.02–$68.87. A sign-on bonus of up to $10,000 is offered. Aspirus St. Luke’s is a 267-bed hospital in Duluth and part of Aspirus Health, a nonprofit community-directed health system. The posting describes a system operating 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations with nearly 14,000 team members.

Requirements

Current Minnesota license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
Meet one of the following experience pathways: two years of recent acute-care nursing experience; one year as a St. Luke’s Emergency Department RN within the past five years; one year of recent ICU, Critical Care Float Pool, or Critical Care Resource RN experience; two years as a Paramedic or Basic EMT with IV training; two years of recent experience as an Emergency Department NA or Technician; or completion of an ED Capstone Nursing Internship as an RN. Recent experience is defined as occurring within the last three years.
ACLS and PALS certifications within 18 months of hire.
Current TNCC and ENPC certifications, or obtain them once within 24 months of employment; alternatively, provide proof upon hire of having obtained them within the past 10 years, even if expired. TNCC and ENPC do not need renewal once obtained. Current ATCN certification is acceptable for TNCC.
Complete Critical Care or Emergency Nursing Orientation education modules within 18 months of employment, as determined by the Nurse Manager.
BLS Provider or Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or Military Training Network.
Knowledge of current nursing practice principles and techniques, the nursing process, and physical assessment.
Ability to function as a team leader, primary nurse, and role model; accept responsibility and accountability for decisions and outcomes; communicate effectively and establish professional working relationships with patients, families, personnel, and physicians; recognize the legal limits of nursing practice; and maintain competency through continuing education and independent study.
Ability to support St. Luke’s goals and objectives.
Advanced reading ability; intermediate writing, speaking, mathematical, and reasoning skills, as described in the posting.
Competence in age-specific assessment and knowledge of growth and development, with annual passing completion of age-specific independent-study requirements.
Maintain two hours of stroke-specific education annually as a member of the acute stroke care team, and meet annual stroke education requirements for Primary Stroke Certification.
Ability to see, hear, stand, bend, kneel, walk, and lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Previous Emergency Nursing and/or Intensive Care Nursing experience.
Current ACLS certification.
TNCC verification.
Certification in Emergency Nursing (CEN).

Responsibilities

Apply professional nursing knowledge and deliver care in accordance with Minnesota Board of Nursing requirements and St. Luke’s policies.
Plan, delegate to, and organize nursing personnel.
Coordinate information among patients, families, and healthcare team members.
Provide education to patients’ families and staff, and evaluate outcomes.
Deliver emergency nursing care through collaborative and autonomous practice consistent with current standards, policies, and procedures.
Integrate clinical knowledge and technical skills in emergency care.
Collaborate, support, and provide services throughout the Emergency Department, Intake area, Triage, and Urgent Care.
Assess and provide age-appropriate care for patients served in the clinical environment.
Recognize signs and symptoms of stroke and activate a Stroke Alert when needed; perform stroke-specific assessments and interventions, including dysphagia screening, neurologic assessments, and TPA administration.
Maintain required annual age-specific and stroke-specific education and competency.