RN Special Care Unit and Intermediate Care
About The Position
This role is for a Registered Nurse in a 16-bed Specialty Care Unit and Intermediate Care areas, specializing in caring for patients requiring intermediate care for their illness or injury. Patients are managed by hospitalists with 1:3 RN/patient ratios, and each shift includes 1 NA and 1 PCT. The unit manages patient populations including simple sepsis, DKA, pain management, respiratory failure (Bipap and short-term ventilator, < 48 hour), CHF, HTN, MI with no interventions, withdrawal management, renal failure (hemodialysis), conscious sedation management and vasopressor management, and strokes with no interventions. Nursing involves the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems, establishing a therapeutic relationship, and planning, coordinating, and evaluating patient care needs. The professional nurse is responsible for providing care in Special Care Units and Intermediate Care areas.
Requirements
- Associate's or Vocational degree
- 0 to 2 years RN experience, may consider new graduate RN
- Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN upon hire / WI Department of Safety & Professional Services required if working in the state of WI upon hire
- Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association OR Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross OR Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
- ACLS/BLS Tier 2-Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Multisource required
- 1+ year current SCU/intermediate care exp
- 1+ year telemetry experience
- 1+ year med/surg experience
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree
- 2 to 5 years RN experience
- ACLS/BLS Tier 3 - Allina Health preferred will be eventually required at most sites
Responsibilities
- Comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs; identification of outcomes based on needs assessment; establishing the plan of care; supervising the progress; and modification of the plan of care as needed.
- Maintains education and competencies to remain proficient to provide high quality patient care practice and skills.
- Incorporates evidence-based nursing practice taking into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
- Establishes, in collaboration with the family and patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
- Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
- Coordinates, collaborates, and delegates appropriately to ensure care is provided in a safe, effective fashion.
- Fulfills all organizational requirements.
- Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines (Supplemental role: Charge Nurse).
- Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee (Supplemental role: Preceptor).
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental
- PTO/Time Away
- Retirement Savings Plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term/Long-term Disability
- Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
- Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
- Student Loan Support
- Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- well-being dollars
- dedicated well-being navigators
- many programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching and tools to support you on your journey.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
