RN - Pulmonary and Sleep

Allina Health • Coon Rapids, MN

1d • $40 - $55 • Onsite

About The Position

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system serving individuals, families, and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in a specialized outpatient clinic setting, with a critical role in coordinating and delegating care. Nursing practice includes establishing therapeutic relationships with patients and families and planning, coordinating, and evaluating patient care needs.

The nurse uses the nursing process to assess patients, identify nursing diagnoses and expected outcomes, plan and implement interventions, and evaluate progress. The role also encompasses quality improvement, education, professional practice evaluation, collegiality, collaboration, ethical practice, research-informed care, resource utilization, leadership, and environmental health. Charge nurse and preceptor responsibilities apply only when acting in those roles. Other duties may be assigned.

This is a 1.0 FTE position (80 hours per two-week pay period), working an eight-hour day shift from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There is no weekend rotation. The position is based at 9055 Springbrook Dr NW, Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or vocational degree from an accredited school of nursing.
• For new graduate hires where permitted by the department, graduation from an accredited nursing program with clinical rotations in an acute-care setting.
• Internal clinic employees with at least three years of successful experience as a CMA or LPN may be considered from an accredited school without clinical rotations where permitted by the department.
• 0 to 2 years of RN experience.
• Minnesota Registered Nurse license upon hire if working in Minnesota.
• Wisconsin Registered Nurse license upon hire if working in Wisconsin; for virtual or phone support for Wisconsin-based patients only, the license is required within 90 days of hire. Both state licenses may be required depending on services provided at the hired location.
• At least one of the following: current American Heart Association BLS certification, current American Red Cross BLS certification, or completion of Allina in-house BLS training within 30 days of hire.
• ANCC certification may be required by the hiring department within 1.5 years.
• Additional certifications may be required depending on specialty.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of nursing.
• 0 to 2 years of specialty experience.
• RN-C certification in the department specialty.

Responsibilities

• Collect, prioritize, synthesize, and interpret patient health data using systematic, evidence-based assessment techniques.
• Analyze assessment data to formulate, revise, resolve, document, and communicate nursing diagnoses.
• Identify individualized, realistic, and measurable patient outcomes in collaboration with patients and families.
• Develop individualized plans of care that support continuity, incorporate evidence-based practice, and account for applicable statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Implement safe, timely, appropriate, and evidence-based interventions; coordinate care and document interventions.
• Evaluate patient progress and patient and family understanding and responses to the care plan; revise and document diagnoses, outcomes, and plans as needed.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and use available quality-improvement data to improve nursing practice and outcomes.
• Maintain current nursing knowledge and competency through educational activities and apply learning to practice.
• Evaluate personal practice against professional standards and regulatory guidelines, seek feedback, and identify professional development goals.
• Share knowledge and skills, provide constructive feedback, support colleagues' professional development, and contribute to a healthy work environment.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and other care team members to support positive outcomes and effect change.
• Maintain ethical and professional patient-nurse boundaries, advocate for patients, and help patients develop self-advocacy skills.
• Use research findings and other best evidence to guide practice decisions.
• Consider safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact when planning and delivering care; use and manage resources responsibly.
• Provide professional leadership, serve as a role model, promote a positive work environment, and participate in shared decision-making.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner, reduce environmental health risks, and communicate risks and exposure-reduction strategies.
• When acting as charge nurse, coordinate unit operations, support patient and family needs, use resources efficiently and safely, and foster teamwork and professional growth.
• When acting as preceptor, identify learning needs, plan and implement orientation experiences, validate clinical competence, support organizational and prioritization skills, evaluate interpersonal skills, model professional practice, and facilitate integration into the organization and work group.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits.
• PTO/time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable.
• Student loan support benefits to help navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being dollars, well-being navigators, programs, activities, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree