Registered Nurse (RN) - Adult Inpatient Unit

Registered Nurse (RN) in Adult Inpatient Unit

We are currently hiring for a Registered Nurse (RN) in our Adult Inpatient Unit. This is a 0.6 FTE Evening/Night rotating, 8 hour shifts weekdays/12-hour shift every third weekend Night position. Candidate will be expected to float to Pediatric units. Experience caring for medically complex patients preferred. Benefit Eligible!

An RN position in the Inpatient Adult Unit at Gillette Children's involves providing specialized care to teens and adults (age 18 through age 40) with conditions that originated in childhood and require lifelong management. Nurses in this unit deliver compassionate, patient-centered care, working with a multidisciplinary team to address the unique medical and developmental needs of these individuals. The RN plays a critical role in managing complex, chronic conditions, supporting patients and families, and ensuring continuity of care as patients transition from pediatric to adult-focused healthcare. This position requires strong clinical expertise, collaboration, and a deep commitment to long-term patient care.

Purpose of position

This position exists to administer family-centered nursing care to patients, advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention, and/or provide skilled assistance in navigation of the health care system as appropriate to the developmental, cultural, emotional, and medical, surgical, or rehabilitative needs of the patient and their families.

In this role, you'll provide high-quality, family-centered nursing care that supports optimal patient outcomes. You'll conduct thorough assessments, create individualized and evidence-based care plans, implement interventions, and communicate effectively with patients, families, and the care team. You'll practice autonomously, using sound judgment and incorporating evidence-based improvements into daily work while supervising and delegating appropriately. Ongoing professional development is encouraged, with opportunities to participate in quality improvement, pursue learning, and contribute to a collaborative, patient-focused environment.

Compensation & Benefits Information

The hourly wage for this opportunity is $41.22-$70.45. Pay is dependent on several factors including number of hours worked within the field, education, and certification/licensure: $1.75 weekend/ $2.35 evening/ $4.00 night differential is available for this position. Hourly pay is just one part of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package that includes a retirement savings match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits for.5 FTE and above.

Core Responsibilities and Duties

• Patient Care Delivers patient care which optimizes the patient's health status and outcomes through the use of the nursing process.
• Demonstrates thorough assessments.
• Creates individualized plans of care that are evidence-based.
• Successfully implements interventions.
• Effectively prioritizes.
• Evaluates patient care based on best practices.
• Communicates patient-related nursing data and information to enhance active and informed decision making by patients, families, nurse colleagues, and other healthcare providers.
• Family centered care - Provides nursing care and health education reflecting specific patient, family, cultural and community needs.
• Identifies the learning needs of the population served.
• Implements an effective teaching plan.
• Employs strategies to promote health in a safe environment.
• Seeks opportunity to evaluate effectiveness of health education as culturally and developmentally appropriate.
• Autonomous Practice Exercises independent judgment that influences care and demonstrates understanding of potential clinical implications.
• Supervises, delegates, and provides care based on the abilities and limitations of care personnel and patient acuity.
• Identifies and incorporates evidence-based improvements into own daily work.

Qualifications

Required

• Documentation of completion of professional nursing program (RN program)
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license through the MN Board of Nursing
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (exception: Telehealth RNs). If candidate holds valid CPR for through another acceptable organization (as determined by Gillette), candidate may be able to begin employment but must complete Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association within one month of employment.
• Must be interested in working with people with short term or long-term disabilities that begin in childhood.
• Physically able to work hours required and meet physical demands of the position. In certain departments, this will include being part of the off-premises call schedule.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or other healthcare related field
• Prior nursing experience in a health-related setting
• Nursing Specialty Certification relevant to the position.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent customer service skills

At Gillette Children's, we foster a culture where every team member feels a sense of belonging and purpose. We are dedicated to building an environment where all feel welcomed, respected, and supported. Our values are embedded at the heart of our culture. We act first from love, embrace the bigger picture, and work side-by-side with our patients, families, and colleagues to help every child create their own story. Together, we work to ensure patients of all backgrounds and abilities reach their full potential.

Gillette Children's is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of an individual's race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation or gender identity, military status or any other class protected by federal, state or local laws.

Gillette Children's is a global beacon of care for patients with brain, bone and movement conditions that start in childhood. Our research, treatment and supportive technologies enable every child to lead a full life defined by their dreams, not their diagnoses.