Critical Access RN

This position is in rural Le Sueur, MN. The RN will work the Day/Evening shift and flex between a .4-.6 FTE.

Job Functions:

• Assesses patient health problems needs and develops, implements, and evaluates patient care plans accordingly.
• Provides nursing care.
• Advises and educates patients, family members and significant others on health maintenance and disease prevention for the patient.
• Documents and maintains accurate medical records and reports.
• Participates in quality improvement activities as appropriate to position.
• Serves as a patient advocate in seeking appropriate community resources to meet patient needs.
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers, other healthcare providers, and colleagues to enhance their own professional nursing practice.
• Demonstrates competencies in the specialty area of Med/Surg.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

When functioning as a Charge Nurse:

• Manages flow of patients through inpatient and/or outpatient
• departments.
• Assigns resources to care for patients and arranges staffing to
• ensure safe patient care.
• Provides work direction and addresses issues during the shift.
• Acts as a liaison between staff, patients, and physicians.
• Demonstrates unit specific Charge Nurse competencies.
• Review Physician orders.
• 1 or more years of acute care experience in RN role.
• ACLS, PALS, or ENPC and TNCC or CALS within 6 months of hire

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrate critical thinking and decision making.
• Ability to work autonomously and as a team, including during cares, admitting, discharge planning.
• Capable of making independent decisions with the use of good critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work and multi-task in a high stress and fast paced environment
• Ability to respond appropriately to unpredictable situations and diverse patient populations.
• Ability to communicate in the English language for effective written and verbal correspondence to complete job functions
• as mentioned above.
• Ability to meet and maintain the necessary background checks as aligned with position functions.

License/Certifications:

• Current professional nurse licensure in Minnesota or if licensed in another state, a permit from the Minnesota Board of Nursing while the license application is in process.
• BLS Certification