Charge Registered Nurse - Medicine Progressive Care

Charge Registered Nurse

Regions Hospital is looking for an exceptional, patient focused Charge Registered Nurse to join our Medical Progressive Care team and make a difference for our patients and our community. We are known for saving lives in our Level I Trauma Center, and our nursing staff are key to the exceptional care we provide each patient. As a nursing professional you will be empowered to manage your clinical practice and working environment through our Shared Governance Model, which focuses on evidence-based nursing practice. At Regions, we support nurses with an individualized orientation including Transition to Regions Hospital Practice program which is a nurse residency structured program to support learning, role transition, and retention of nurses. All new hire registered nurses at Regions Hospital will be automatically enrolled.

The Medical Progressive Care unit is a 16-bed unit that has a population of patients with medical diagnoses requiring progressive care services such as respiratory failure, sepsis/shock states, gastrointestinal complications, liver failure, renal failure, pharmacologic overdoses, alcohol withdrawal, psychiatric and endocrine emergencies.

As a Registered Nurse in the Medical Progressive Care unit, you will be responsible for performing patient centered, safe, effective, equitable, timely and efficient patient care based on the specific needs of the patient populations served, communicating effectively with patients, families, and the Care Team, participating as an effective unit and nursing department member and establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other health care team members across the organization.

Work Schedule: 0.75 FTE, 12-hour nights & every 3rd weekend

Required Qualifications:

-Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree or Associate Degree in Nursing and 1 year of RN experience

-Internal new graduate applicants can meet minimum requirements with an Associate Degree in Nursing

-Licensed as a registered nurse by the State of Minnesota -CPR for the professional rescuer or BLS for healthcare providers -Must have exceptional interpersonal skills and strong ability to work with a wide range of patients from varied cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds

Preferred Qualifications:

-BSN/MSN strongly preferred and generally expected that BSN/MSN is obtained within 5 years of hire-Two (2) years experience in area of specialty preferred at 0.8 FTE, or above (minimum of 3328 hours).

Benefits: Regions Hospital offers a competitive benefits package (.5 FTE or greater) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, 401K with match, disability insurance, and tuition reimbursement. We offer an on-site employee fitness center, as well as on-site employee clinic to make it more convenient for our staff to get the care they need. We also have a Center for Employee Resilience that provides support and evidence-based practices to bring relief and build resiliency. Regions Hospital is a qualified non-profit employer under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Regions is also proud to be a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Company.