Registered Nurse, RN 247 Nurse Line

Everything we do is underscored by a why and that why is one another.

Location:

Altru Health System PO Box 6002 Grand Forks ND 58201

Summary:

This is a remote position.

Pay Range:

Dependent on level
RN I $29.19 - $43.79
RN II: $30.65 - $45.98
RN III: $32.19 - $48.28

Summary:

Altrus RN career ladder empowers RNs to manage their career growth and pay. This structure values experience education and engagement providing opportunities for advancement and greater responsibilities. The requirements of each level are listed here.

RN I
ASN

RN II
6 years or more of RN experience with an ASN/ADN degree OR
3 years or more of RN experience with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
BSN

RN III
12 years or more of RN experience with an ASN/ADN OR
6 years or more of RN experience with a BSN OR
Masters/Doctorate of Nursing

The RN Nurse Line III performs duties of a Registered Nurse functioning within nursing practices standards. This role answers phone calls manages calls to provide telephone triage assesses patients and provides healthcare information based on accepted protocols and policies. The RN Nurse Line refers the patient to appropriate physicians hospital and/or local healthcare center as appropriate. The nurse identifies changes or high risk situations in patients condition and collaborate with the Call Center team to coordinate services.

Essential Job Functions:

• Answers telephone routes calls and takes accurate and complete phone messages for the providers and relays information in a prompt manner.

• Develops a plan of care based on assessment that reflects the patients physical psychological social educational developmental and rehabilitative needs based on patients age ethnic origin economic status lifestyle creed or philosophical beliefs.

• Assesses the patients condition and nursing needs sets goals and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical psychological social and rehabilitative needs of the patient including discharge planning.

• Assesses intervenes and reassesses the patients self-report/symptoms of pain promptly and takes appropriate action according to standard operating procedure.

• Establishes and maintains communication and utilizes educational opportunities with patients and other significant individuals.

• Documents health-related intervention recommendations authorized medication refills and the instructions necessary for all calls and completes all documentation in EMR.

• Notifies Manager of any potential problems in regard to patient complaints unsatisfactory outcomes special needs or request. Makes call-backs as appropriate to follow-up on compliance with telephone triage recommendations.

• Identifies high risk situations and takes appropriate action according to standard operating procedure.

• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

• Registered Nurse North Dakota Board of Nursing (NDBON) or Compact State Agreement Prior to Start Date HR Primary Sources

• Registered Nurse Minnesota Board of Nursing Within 12 Months of Start Date HR Primary Sources

• 12 years or more RN experience with ASN/ADN Degree OR

• 6 years or more RN experience with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) OR

• Masters/Doctorate of Nursing

• Eligible to serve as Charge Nurse and Administrator on Duty

• Eligible to Chair or Co-Chair Nursing Committee; Trained Peer Interviewer

• Temporary RN license accepted prior to start.

• Must hold an unencumbered nursing licenseprior to start.

Language Requirements:

This position requires proficiency in reading writing and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients families and team members.

Physical Demands :

Sit: Frequently (34-66%)Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)Reach: Occasionally (5-33%)Crawl: Not ApplicableSquat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)Twist: Rarely (1-4%)Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)See: Continuously (67-100%)Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Sedentary (<10 pounds)Carry: Sedentary (<10 pounds)Push/Pull: Sedentary (<10 pounds)Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable

Working Conditions:

Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)Outdoor: Not ApplicableExtreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:

Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R8275

Making a real difference. For one another.

To take the best care of our patients and community including friends family and neighbors we need people who are committed to growth excellence and one another.

At Altru youll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. Youll have opportunities to advance your skills work with the latest technologies experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join our team and be a part of a small community with a big heart.

Altru offers a comprehensive benefits package to its full- and part-time employees. Excellent benefits include a health plan and 401(k) retirement plan. Other benefits include a dental plan vision plan life and disability insurance education assistance paid time off (PTO)