Registered Nurse (RN)- Critical Care Flex Team

Registered Nurse (RN) Critical Care Flex Team

Fairview Health Services is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Critical Care Flex Team at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank in Minneapolis, MN.

Our Critical Care Flex Team provides coverage across three ICUs within the East Bank facility: Surgical ICU (SICU), Medical ICU (MICU) and Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU)

This dynamic role offers a high degree of autonomy while working with a strong interdisciplinary team. You will manage the full scope of critical care nursing with access to support resources for tasks such as IV placement and lab coordination. As the primary caregiver, you will perform procedures, manage medication titrations, and partner closely with providers to deliver exceptional patient care.

Schedule: This position is 0.90 FTE (72 hours per two weeks), working 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a rotation every third weekend (Friday through Sunday)

Patient Population & Technologies

In this role, you will care for patients recovering from or experience:

• Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
• Valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
• Aortic arch repair
• Neurosurgery
• Complex surgical procedures
• Heart, lung, and liver transplantation

You will also care for patients with diagnoses such as multisystem organ failure, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, influenza, sepsis, renal failure, GI bleeding, overdose, pre/post bone marrow transplant, and respiratory or cardiac arrest.

This position routinely utilizes advanced critical care technologies, including:

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)
• Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)
• Swan-Ganz catheters

Role Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for an assigned patient population. Responsibilities are performed in accordance with all policies, procedures, professional practice guidelines, and the Minnesota Nurse Practice Act. The RN collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team and appropriately delegates tasks to support staff.

As a Critical Care Flex Team RN, you will be responsible for:

• Assessing patient needs and identifying encouraged nursing outcomes;
• Developing a nursing plan of care;
• Implementing interventions as needed during treatment based on the plan of care;
• Evaluating care and patient response to interventions and encouraged 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 improve patient outcomes.
• Promoting a culture of evidence based practice (EBP) by participating in a multitude of available opportunities.

Qualifications:

• Minnesota Registered Nurse License
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• 1 year of ICU experience - OR 18 months of IMC/ PCU experience
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months of hire

Preferred

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Arts in Nursing