RN Neuro ICU

Neuro Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse

Abbott Northwestern Hospital is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join our 12-bed Neurological Intensive Care Unit. This specialized ICU cares for complex medical and surgical neurological patients requiring continuous, intensive monitoring and expert care. As part of a small, close-knit team of highly skilled nurses, you will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment that values teamwork, professional growth, and a shared passion for delivering exceptional care to a diverse neuro patient population.

If you're looking to make a meaningful impact in a specialized setting, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

Key Position Details:

• Tier 1: 9 months of Critical Care/ICU RN experience required
• Tier 2: 1 year of Med/Surg or Telemetry RN experience required
• Tier 3:
  New Graduate-Completion of a ICU Capstone or ICU rotation as a nursing student or experience in the ICU setting as a NA/other patient care role is required. New Grads would be part of the Abbott Northwestern Critical Care New Grad Pipeline Program.

• 0.90 FTE (72 hours per two week pay period)
• 12-hour permanent night shift
• Every 3rd 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 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
• 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 ACLS certification from the American Heart Association Current ALS certification from the American Red Cross Allina in-house ACLS training (within 60 days of hire)
• 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 weight up to 32 lbs. occasionally (
  * Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), up to 25 lbs. frequently

Pay Range

Pay Range: $44.64 to $74.33 per hour

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