Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

Responsibilities/Job Description:

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for our ICU at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, MN.

 

Within our ICU, our Registered Nurses are responsible for caring for patients who have many different diagnoses including, but not limited to, sepsis, overdoses, withdrawals, and surgical patients who need a higher level of care. Our complex patients require continuous hemodynamic monitoring, intense medication management, ongoing critical thinking, and excellent communication with team members and families. This is a fast-paced and highly technical medical environment. 

 

This is an Intermediate Care position that belongs to the ICU unit, but it is a mixed service level unit. There is opportunity for IMC to cross train to critical care skill level after 1 year.

 

Schedule: This position will be working 0.75 FTE (60 hours every two weeks). The shift length will be 12 hours on the Night shift (7:00PM - 7:30AM), working every third weekend.

 

About this position – ICU 3 North

• 18 beds mixed acuity
• Ages 18+
• Patient average length of stay:  3-4 days
• Patient Population:  Vents, codes, respiratory failures, septic patients, shock, unstable post surgicals, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,diabetics
• Usually 7-14 patients a day, however we are going to be increasing these numbers
• Free parking!
• Will consider experienced ICU or someone looking to push themselves to the next level

 

About Fairview 

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services. 

 

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.  

 

As an ICU RN, you will be responsible for: 

• Assessing patient needs and identifying expected nursing outcomes;  
• Developing an individualized nursing plan of care; 
• Implementing interventions as needed during treatment based on the plan of care; 
• Evaluating care and patient response to interventions and expected outcomes;  
• Using communication strategies to achieve desirable outcomes; 
• Coordinating care with members of the health care team and delegating responsibilities to others as appropriate;
• Demonstrating the ability to advance care by applying standards, guidelines, care pathways, and continuous improvement to enhance patient outcomes; 
• Promoting a culture of evidence based practice (EBP) by participating in a multitude of available opportunities; and  
• Performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act. 

 

Required Qualifications: 

• Associate degree in Nursing
• Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Valid RN Licensure from MN Board of Nursing
• At least 1 year of RN experience in an acute care setting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• Preceptor experience
• RN Experience
• ACLS

Qualifications:

$44.68- $75.66 Hourly