RN - Rapid Response

Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

August 19, 2024

Department:

31003201 Rapid Response Reso
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Shift:

Permanent Nights (United States of America)

Shift Length:

12 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

36

Union Contract:

MNA-1-Abbott Northwestern 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:

The Rapid Response Team is a unique group of Critical Care Trained Registered Nurses who respond to emergent situations throughout the hospital. They are specially trained with additional critical care skills to assist the staff RNs in emergent situations for our patient care population. They are assisting the RN staff on all floors of the hospital in patient care situations where additional guidance is required. The skills of this group helps to decrease the number of Dr. Blues outside of the intensive care units and avoid negative results by early patient intervention.

• Current RN licensure in the State of Minnesota
• Current PALS Certification Required (or within 90 days of hire)
• Current TNCC Certification Required (or within 90 days of hire)
• Recent emergency department experience preferred (current or within the last 2-5 years)
• Position is Interview Dependent

Tier 1: Minimum of 2 years of current critical care experience within the last 4 years required

• .9 FTE (72 hours every two weeks)
• 12-hour, night shifts
• Every third weekend

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 nursing care across departments that provide critical care services. 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
• 0 to 2 years Med/Surgical experience at some regional sites

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 0 to 2 years critical care 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
• Certified Critical Care RN- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) preferred
• ACLS/BLS Tier 3- Multisource required if working on rapid response or code teams, or at regional sites
• PALS - Pediatric Advance Life Support- Allina Health required depending on site, including regionals within 1 year
• CMSRN Medical Surgical Nursing Certified preferred

Physical Demands

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