Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

October 04, 2024

Posting Expiration Date:

October 12, 2024

Department:

38013010 Mercy Intensive Care Unit/Coronary Care Unit

Shift:

Permanent Nights (United States of America)

Shift Length:

12 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

24

Union Contract:

MNA-5-Mercy RN

Weekend Rotation:

Every 3rd

Job Summary:

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. If you value putting patients first, consider a career at Allina Health. Our mission is to provide exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. This includes you and your loved ones. We are committed to providing whole person care, investing in your well-being, and enriching your career.

Key Position Details:

25-bed Intensive Care Unit providing critical care to multisystem patient populations 16 years of age and older. Stroke certified, level 2 trauma center, cardiovascular heart hospital. The majority of assignments are 2 patients to 1 nurse, but high acuity patients are 1 patient/1 nurse. The unit culture is welcoming and supportive, team-oriented, patient focused with a strong work ethic. There is great mentorship between preceptors and new nurses, welcoming and personable Intensivists, with multiple opportunities to learn, grow and develop. The skill mix between experienced and newer nurses is fairly balanced. In this role you will consistently collaborate and communicate, apply the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, and technical skills to deliver safe and high-quality patient care!

Tier 1 – Successful completion of Mercy ICU orientation or 1 year recent ICU experience required
Tier 2 – 1 year recent critical care step down or emergency department experience required
Tier 3 – 1 year recent medical/surgical experience required. Will consider new graduates who have had critical care capstone experience.

• 0.6 FTE (48 hours per two-week period)
• 12-hour night shifts (7:00 PM-07:30 AM)
• Every 3rd weekend rotation
• MNA-represented, benefit-eligible position

Job Description:

Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.
Provides specialized care to patients who are severely ill or injured. May practice in an intensive care unit or in a care area that requires the expertise of the critical care nurse.

Principle 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 the 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.
• Supplemental roles:
  • Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
    
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
  • Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
    
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Associate's or Vocational degree
• 2 to 5 years RN experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 0 to 2 years critical care RN experience

Licenses/Certifications

• 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
• Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below:
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross
  ◦ Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
• ACLS/BLS Tier 2-Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Multisource required upon completion of orientation
• ACLS/BLS Tier 3 - Multisource required if working in rapid response or code teams
• Certified Critical Care RN - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) preferred
• RN-C in appropriate to department specialty preferred
• SCRN Stroke Certified RN preferred

Physical Demands

• Medium Work*:
• Lifting weightUp to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently