SUPPORT NURSE - NURSE FLOAT POOL

Aspirus Health•Duluth, MN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, is seeking a Support Nurse to join its Nurse Float Pool. The Support Nurse applies professional nursing knowledge and provides care within the scope of practice defined by the Minnesota Board of Nursing and Aspirus St. Luke’s policies. The role includes organizing and delegating nursing personnel, coordinating information among patients, families, and healthcare team members, providing education, and evaluating outcomes. The Support Nurse provides individualized nursing care and supports staff RNs with clinical skills and patient-care tasks. At the direction of the Administrative Nursing Supervisor, the nurse collaborates with the care team to facilitate patient flow and throughput, including admissions, transfers, and discharges. The position requires flexibility to respond to emergencies, provide staff relief and lunch breaks, and conduct rounding. The schedule is an 8-hour day/evening rotation, with generally no weekends, at 0.80 FTE or 64 hours biweekly.

Requirements

At least three years of recent step-down/intermediate care, cardiac care, or ICU nursing experience.
Current Minnesota license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
Current ACLS certification or ability to obtain it before the end of orientation.
Successful completion of orientation, including assigned ECG and Critical Care modules as determined by the Nurse Manager and Critical Care Educator.
BLS certification designated as BLS Provider or Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or Military Training Network.
Knowledge of current nursing-practice principles and techniques, the practical application of the nursing process, and physical assessment.
Ability to function as a team leader, primary nurse, and role model; accept responsibility and accountability; communicate effectively and establish professional working relationships; 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.
Intermediate writing, speaking, mathematical, and reasoning skills.
Skilled in age-specific assessment and knowledgeable about growth and development, providing care appropriate to the ages of patients served.
Knowledge of stroke signs and symptoms and stroke-alert activation; skill in stroke-specific assessments and interventions, including dysphagia screening, neurologic assessments, and TPA administration.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including standing, walking, handling and transferring patients, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Previous Critical Care nursing experience.
PALS certification.
TNCC certification or equivalent.
Experience caring for patients with IABP, Impella, and postoperative cardiovascular surgery needs.

Responsibilities

Provide individualized nursing care to patients.
Support staff RNs with clinical skills and patient-care tasks.
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.
Collaborate with the care team, at the direction of the Administrative Nursing Supervisor, to facilitate patient flow, including admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Adapt assignments to respond to emergencies, provide staff relief and lunch breaks, and conduct rounding.
Apply nursing-process and physical-assessment skills, and provide age-appropriate and stroke-specific assessments and interventions.