RN Special Care Unit/Intermediate Care

Department: 46003010 Special Care Unit
Shift: Permanent Nights (United States of America)
Hours: 30
Contract: MNA-11-St Francis Clinical Professionals
Weekend Rotation: Every 3rd
Job Profile 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.
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 care in Special Care Units and Intermediate Care areas specialize in caring for patients requiring intermediate care for their illness or injury.

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 2 to 5 years RN experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN 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
• ACLS/BLS Tier 3 - Allina Health preferred will be eventually required at most sites

Physical Demands

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

Additional Job Description:

The Special Care Unit (SCU) at St. Francis is an eight-bed unit that cares for unstable patients that require elevated monitoring and complex nursing care. The SCU is a place where you can grow your knowledge and skills caring for complex medical and surgical patients. The SCU at St. Francis care for patients who require supportive care such as mechanical ventilation, vasoactive drips, increased cardiac monitoring, invasive lines, complex wounds, and psychiatric emergencies. The SCU is an excellent place to learn and grow your critical thinking skills and expand your nursing career.

Tier 1: 1-year recent ICU experience required.
Tier 2: 1-year recent critical care step down, telemetry or emergency department experience required.
Tier 3: 3 years recent medical/surgical experience required.

• 0.75 FTE (60 hours per two-week period)
• 12-hour permanent night shift (7:00 p.m.-7:30 a.m. )
• Every third weekend rotation
• MNA-represented, benefit-eligible position