Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - PRN

PRN -Rotating Shifts

Starting pay - $40.60 - $60.89 (based on experience)

Offers for external candidates are generally made between the minimum and 3/4 point of the range, based on experience.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited professional nursing program
• Current Minnesota Registered Nurse license
• BLS certification within 90 days of hire
• ACLS certification within 90 days of hire
• PALS certification within 90 days of hire
• One year of nursing experience
• Bridge Program: New graduates, or those with less than one year of nursing experience, will be enrolled in a Bridge Program. The first year of orientation and employment will be on a 21-bed Medical Surgical unit within the hospital. Following one year of successful onboarding, the employee will be transitioned to the Emergency department.
• TNCC certification within one year of hire (CALS will be accepted upon hire).
• If RN is participating in the Bridge Program (Med Surg for one year first), the employee will complete this requirement upon transition to the Emergency department.

Education

• Completion of MDH eLearning Trauma Modules within 90 days

Job Responsibilities

Practice of Professional Nursing includes but is not limited to:

• Providing a comprehensive assessment of the health status of a patient through the collection, analysis, and synthesis of data used to establish a health statue baseline and plan of care. The RN also addresses changes in the patient condition.
• Collaborating with the healthcare team to develop and coordinate an integrated plan of care.
• Developing nursing interventions to be integrated into the plan of care.
• Implementing nursing care through the execution of independent nursing actions.
• Implementing interventions that are delegated, ordered, or prescribed by a licensed healthcare provider.
• Delegating nursing tasks or assigning nursing activities to implement the plan of care.
• Providing safe and effective nursing care.
• Promoting a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Advocating for the best interests of individual patients.
• Evaluating responses to interventions and the effectiveness of the plan of care.
• Collaborating and coordinating with other healthcare professionals in the management and implementation of care within and across care settings and communities.
• Providing health promotion, disease prevention, care coordination, and case finding.
• Designing and implementing teaching plans based on patient need and evaluating teaching effectiveness.
• Participating in the development of healthcare policies, procedures, and systems.
• Is accountable for the quality of care delivered, recognizing the limits of knowledge and experience; addressing situations beyond the nurse's competency; and performing at the level of education, knowledge, and skill ordinarily expected if an individual has completed an approved professional nursing education program.
• Managing, supervising, and evaluating the practice of nursing.
• Maintaining OMC organization competencies and nursing competencies pertinent to area of practice.
• Managing information in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Communicating effectively.