Urgent Care RN

Allina Health System • Coon Rapids, MN

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About The Position

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system serving individuals, families, and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Its mission is to provide exceptional care by preventing illness, restoring health, and providing comfort. Allina Health emphasizes whole-person care, employee well-being, and career development.

The Urgent Care RN provides nursing care for patients experiencing trauma, injury, or severe medical conditions requiring urgent treatment. Nursing includes diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential health problems and establishing therapeutic relationships with patients and families. As a leader and integrator of care, the professional nurse is responsible and accountable for planning, coordinating, and evaluating patient care needs.

This position is 0.8 FTE, or 64 hours per two-week pay period, with day/evening shifts of variable length and an every-third-weekend rotation. It is benefits eligible. The role may also perform Charge Nurse or Preceptor responsibilities when acting in those roles, and includes other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or vocational degree in nursing.
• Licensed Registered Nurse through the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
• Meet at least one BLS requirement: current certification from the American Heart Association, current certification from the American Red Cross, or completion of Allina in-house BLS training within 30 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• One year of urgent care experience or one year of emergency department experience.

Responsibilities

• Collect, prioritize, synthesize, and interpret comprehensive assessment data, involving patients, families, health care providers, and the environment as appropriate.
• Use evidence-based assessment techniques to identify patient needs, patterns, and variances.
• Implement safe, timely, appropriate, and evidence-based interventions; coordinate the plan of care and document interventions.
• Evaluate patient progress and patient/family understanding and response to the plan of care; revise and document diagnoses, outcomes, and plans as needed.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and others in nursing practice to achieve positive outcomes.
• Analyze assessment data to formulate, validate, communicate, and document nursing diagnoses that reflect patient status, needs, age, developmental stage, and culture.
• Identify individualized, realistic, and measurable patient outcomes in collaboration with patients and families.
• Develop individualized plans of care that prescribe interventions, support continuity of care, and incorporate evidence-based practice and applicable statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and use available quality improvement data to improve nursing practice and outcomes.
• Maintain knowledge and competency through educational activities and apply learning to nursing practice.
• Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards and regulatory guidelines, seek feedback, and identify professional development goals.
• Share knowledge and skills, provide constructive feedback, contribute to colleagues' development, and support a healthy work environment.
• Maintain professional patient-nurse boundaries, advocate for patients, support self-advocacy, and use available resources to make ethical decisions.
• 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 safely, effectively, and ethically.
• Provide leadership, serve as a professional role model, promote a positive work environment, and participate in shared decision-making.
• Promote environmental health and safety, reduce environmental risks, and communicate risks and exposure-reduction strategies.
• When acting as Charge Nurse, coordinate and direct unit operations, promote staff growth and teamwork, and collaborate with unit staff, leadership, and other disciplines.
• When acting as Preceptor, assess an orientee's learning needs, plan and implement individualized learning and orientation, validate clinical competence, support organizational and prioritization skills, evaluate interpersonal skills, and serve as a role model.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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