[Hiring] Registered Nurse @Altru Health System

Role Description

This is a remote position.

Altru’s 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 the patient's condition and collaborates 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 patient's physical, psychological, social, educational, developmental, and rehabilitative needs based on patient's age, ethnic origin, economic status, lifestyle, creed, or philosophical beliefs.
  • Assesses the patient's 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 patient's 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 requests. 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.

Qualifications

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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
  • Must hold an unencumbered nursing license prior to start.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package for full- and part-time employees.
  • Health plan.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Dental plan.
  • Vision plan.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Education assistance.
  • Paid time off (PTO).

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 Applicable
  • Squat/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 Applicable
  • Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

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, you’ll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. You’ll 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.

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