RN - Women's Health

0.6 FTE, 48 hours per pay period
Shifts between 7:30 am- 5:30 pm
No weekends or holidays

Position Overview:

 The Clinic RN is responsible for the care of clinic patients.  The Clinic RN is skilled in all aspects of nursing process, delegates and supervises staff in assistive roles on the same shift and is responsible to deliver the highest of customer service standards for patients and families presenting for services at Winona Health.  The Clinic RN will assess and triage patients to make certain of the appropriateness of care. Will provide patient care including but not limited to rooming of patients, performing assessments and gathering of data for the physician.  Patient information will be entered into the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).  Direct patient care will include but is not limited to taking vital signs, medication administration, treatments, IV's, monitoring of patients, scheduling and coordination of care for referred for specialty care and general assistance to the provider as needed. Other responsibilities may include phlebotomy and performing laboratory testing.  Must be able to assist at all Winona Health Clinic locations if necessary.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Specific to Women’s Health RN:

• Perform non stress tests to pregnant patients as ordered.
• Provide first & third trimester education.
• Oversee LPNs in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act.
• Comprehensive assessment of patients.
• Triage presenting patients for appropriateness of care. 
• Take vital signs and monitor patients.
• Administration of medications, IVs and immunizations as ordered.
• Implement protocols/orders after appropriate assessments.
• Assist with surgical procedures, monitoring and assessments of sedated patients.
• Insertion and DC’ing IV's, administering fluids and medications as ordered.
• Inputting of all applicable data into the EMR (Cerner).
• Contact patients with lab results and medication changes as ordered by the physician.
• Coordinate schedules, procedures and supplies.
• Coordinate and schedule care for patients referred for specialty care.
• Scheduling of surgery or diagnostic studies.
• Coordinate nurse schedule with physician schedule in clinic and/or operating room (OR).
• Ensuring nursing supplies and medications are properly ordered and available.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 2-4 year RN degree. 
• Minnesota RN License or ability to obtain. 
• CPR Certification.  BLS. 
• Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Knowledge of basic fetal monitoring preferred.

Physical Demands:

Medium Work
Work activities that require lifting frequently with 25#, occasionally 25-40# and rarely 50#. Work activities that require push/pull forces of with 50# frequently and 100# rarely Medium work activities generally exceed those for light work. Work activities may assume work in a variety of work positions including frequent bending and stooping, frequently squatting, frequent standing and walking. Medium work includes most roles within Winona Health that requires patient handling activities of transfers, rolling, and positioning.

Physical Requirements:

• May lift objects up to 50# rarely, 30-45# occasionally and frequently 10-30#
• May push/pull carts or equipment up to 50# of force frequently and rarely up to 100#
• May push/pull wheelchairs with 30-50# of force with handle height = 36”
• May require moderate to firm gripping or pinching. May use hand tools
• May reach frequently 7-36”, occasionally 6-80”.

Patient Handling Work Tasks:

• Transfers patients/residents from bed, shower chairs, commodes, chair scale, recliners, lateral cart transfers, car transfers and wheelchairs up to 30 times/shift
• Transfers patients/residents with the appropriate safe patient handling equipment including EZ stand, EZ lift, Golvo lift, ceiling lift, slider boards, and scoop and transfer belts.
• Positions patients/residents in bed by rolling, boosting and turning. Assistance of additional staff is often required or the use of appropriate safe patient handling equipment including SLIPP, Ergo slide, orange sheets or the Golvo lift.
• Assumes Positions to complete the patient/resident treatments which may require holding a position or a patient in a position for period of time(5 minutes duration)
• Reaching horizontally for patient care, treatment or assessment at 6-10” frequently and occasionally up to 22-24” to reach across the bed. May over-reach to retrieve blood pressure cuff while pulling patient curtain
• May assume squatting or stooping position for emptying a Foley catheter or donning shoes and socks or adjusting the wheelchair foot rests.
• Bending duration of 7-56 seconds, depending on the cares. Frequent bending throughout the shift.
• Transport patients/resident in beds, carts, wheelchairs. Vertical handle height at 36”. Firm grasping required. Push/pull force for beds=35-45#, for Wheelchairs: 15-50#. Tipping or pushing down on the patient scale to move it = 35# force

Work Environment:

Clinical Outpatient environment.  Fast-paced and challenging environment with constantly changing reimbursement rules and regulations.  Multi-tasking ability required due to the wide variety of assigned duties.  Not unusual to deal with upset customers/staff who may be experiencing a variety of frustrations due to the complexity inherent in today’s healthcare payment system.

Required Work Schedule:

Hours generally fall between 7:30 am - 5:30 pm, Monday- Friday.

Internal Applicant Policy:

It is the policy of Winona Health to work with employees in an equitable fashion regarding promotions, transfers, and position reclassifications.

Any employee wishing to apply for another available position at Winona Health must submit an application for consideration through the internal application portal. Employees requesting to change positions should have successfully completed at least six (6) months in their current position. Employees currently in the formal disciplinary process may be required to meet with the Director of Human Resources to determine eligibility to request transfer. The employee’s past performance, experience, training and qualifications will be considered in transfer/hiring decisions. Consideration for transfer or promotion is not a guarantee of transfer or promotion. Employees may be given a chance to interview for a position when they meet the minimum position qualifications.

Disclaimer:

Winona Health is an equal opportunity employer. Winona Health does not refuse to hire, discharge, or discriminate against a person with respect to tenure, compensation, terms, upgrading, conditions, facilities, or privileges of employment because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, membership in a local discrimination commission, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other prohibited basis of discrimination under applicable local, state, or federal law. Winona Health does not tolerate retaliation against any employee, patient/resident, physician, or other individuals pursuing concerns regarding Civil Rights issues. Winona Health adheres to ALL pertinent governmental policies and legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, as amended, and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.