RN Triage

Allina Health

3d • $40 - $55

About The Position

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system serving individuals, families, and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The RN Triage role provides patient care support for centralized nursing programs, outpatient services, and home care services, including triage, anticoagulation, and medication refill processing. Employees in this role work in an outpatient clinic setting and are cross-trained to process medication refills. The position is benefit-eligible and non-contract. Employees are required to live within 60 minutes of Apple Valley, Minnesota, or Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

The professional nurse establishes a therapeutic relationship with patients and families and serves as a leader and integrator of care. The nurse is responsible and accountable for planning, coordinating, and evaluating patient care needs. Nursing practice includes assessing patients, identifying diagnoses and expected outcomes, planning and implementing care, and evaluating progress. The role also encompasses quality improvement, ongoing education and professional practice evaluation, collaboration, ethical practice, research-informed care, resource utilization, leadership, and environmentally safe practice. Charge nurse and preceptor duties apply only when serving in those roles.

This is a 0.8 FTE position, or 64 hours per two-week pay period, with 8-hour day shifts. The schedule includes an every-fourth-weekend rotation and a required holiday rotation. Multiple positions are available.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or vocational degree in nursing.
• Minimum 3 years of RN experience.
• Proficiency in setting up and using computer technology, including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, and SharePoint.
• Licensed Registered Nurse through the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
• Licensed Registered Nurse through the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services by completion of orientation.
• Must live within 60 minutes of Apple Valley, Minnesota, or Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in triage, anticoagulation, or remote nursing support.

Responsibilities

• Collect, prioritize, and synthesize comprehensive patient data using systematic, ongoing, and evidence-based assessment methods.
• Analyze assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses, interpret patient needs, and document and communicate diagnoses.
• Identify individualized, realistic, and measurable expected patient outcomes in collaboration with patients and families.
• Develop individualized care plans that support expected outcomes and continuity of care, incorporating evidence-based practice and applicable regulations.
• Implement care plans and interventions safely, promptly, and appropriately; coordinate care and document interventions.
• Evaluate patient progress and patient and family understanding and responses; revise diagnoses, outcomes, and plans as appropriate and document revisions.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and use available quality data to improve nursing practice and outcomes.
• Maintain and develop nursing knowledge and competency through educational activities and application of learning.
• Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards and regulatory guidance, seek feedback, and identify development goals.
• Contribute to peers’ and colleagues’ professional development, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback, and support a healthy work environment.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and other care team members to achieve positive outcomes.
• Maintain ethical conduct, professional boundaries, and patient advocacy.
• Use research findings and other best evidence to guide practice decisions.
• Consider safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact when planning care; use and manage resources responsibly.
• Provide leadership, serve as a professional role model, promote a positive work environment, and participate in shared decision-making.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner and communicate relevant environmental health risks and strategies.
• When acting as charge nurse, coordinate unit operations, promote staff growth and teamwork, and collaborate with staff, leadership, and other disciplines.
• When acting as preceptor, identify learning needs, plan and implement orientation, validate clinical competence, support prioritization and interpersonal skills, and facilitate the orientee’s socialization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Process medication refills as part of cross-training.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage.
• PTO and 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 navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being resources, including well-being dollars, navigators, programs, activities, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree