Nurse

Company:	Ramsey County Company Profile \| Current Opportunities (11)
Job Location(s):	St. Paul
Employment Term:	Regular
Employment Type	Full Time
Start Date:	As soon as possible
Starting Salary Range:	Not Provided
Required Experience:	Open
Related Categories:	Healthcare - Nursing, Government - Local/Federal

Position Description



You must have a current Minnesota RN license before you can apply. If you do not provide your Minnesota RN license number your application will not be approved. To assess, prescribe, perform and document independent nursing practices at the Ramsey County Care Center, Lake Owasso Residence, the Ramsey County Detoxification Center, Ramsey County Correctional Facilities, Mental Health Division of Community Human Services, or under the direction of a Public Health Nurse; to perform and document dependent functions such as carrying out the physician's medical orders; to assist physicians with diagnostic and treatment procedures; to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for a variety of patients; to coordinate, communicate, interpret, and explain patient care services to the patient, the patient's family, health professionals and important others; and to perform related duties as assigned. Salary Range below is for the Public Health-Clinic Setting, Detoxification Center, Lake Owasso Residence, Mental Health Clinic and Public Health-Correctional Facilities: $52,404.00 to $79,344.00 annual. $25.19 to $38.15 per hour. Salary Range below is for the Ramsey County Care Facility: $52,998.00 to $79,144.00 annual. $25.48 to $38.05 per hour.
Examples of Work Performed:
* Monitor patient's condition by documenting vital signs, observing monitoring equipment, taking blood pressure, noting intake and output, observing patient behavior, and taking emergency or corrective action. * Provide physical comfort to patients through bathing, positioning, administering pain medications as ordered by the physician, providing bed pans and assisting with meals. * Assist the physician with diagnostic procedures such as x-rays and laboratory tests, by positioning the patient, explaining the procedures and drawing blood. * Provide emotional support to patients and their families by listening to them, encouraging expression of their feelings, and explaining treatment procedures. * Administer prescribed treatments such as wound care, catheter, tracheotomy, colostomy, illeostomy and gastronomy care. * Educate patients by instructing them about ordered tests, procedures and medications, home care, and explaining and demonstrating the types of equipment and instruments used in the procedures. * Prepare patients for surgical procedures by teaching, collecting documented needed data and giving emotional support. * Assess and triage nursing needs of patients by observation and interview in order to identify problems, symptoms, and physical, behavioral, and psychological alterations and/or changes. * Prescribe nursing interventions based on assessment for patient care needs related to mobility, rest and sleep, pain and comfort, ventilation, nutrition, elimination, skin integrity, emotional support, and psychological orientation. * Provide direct nursing care to patients by performing care measures such as positioning, ambulating, range of motion; perform technical skills such as measuring blood pressures, temperature, pulse, respiration; observe monitoring equipment and making judgments about the physiological parameters being measured; initiate, maintain and monitor intravenous therapy; provide maintenance and trouble shooting for patients on mechanical ventilators; perform cardiac output measurements; administer medications and evaluate their effectiveness and/or side effects/adverse reactions; perform emergency measures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation. * Document observations, interventions, and evaluations of all nursing care provided. * Educate patients by instructing them about ordered tests, procedures, and medications; how to carry out their continued care after discharge including use of prescribed equipment, giving self-injections and reinforcing/clarifying the knowledge they have about their disease process. * Act as a patient advocate, facilitate resourceful utilization of health care services, equipment and supplies and identify problems that may be appropriately referred to the patient representative. * Develop and write nursing care plans, write nursing orders; assess patients' mental and physical status and provide nursing diagnoses. * Make immediate decisions in case of emergency and notifies physicians, paramedics, fire department or other assistance as needed. * Provide specific information to patients regarding the process and treatment of chemical dependency. * Provide health assessment, management and triage services for patients receiving detoxification services.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Must be licensed as a registered nurse by the State of Minnesota, or have a permit to practice professional nursing authorized by the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Applicants who qualify based on a permit are subject to the limitations prescribed by the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Experience: None required.
Exam/Screening Process Information:
Examination: NO EXAMINATION WILL BE GIVEN FOR NURSE. The names of all applicants who meet the minimum qualifications stated above and who file a properly completed application and supplemental application will be placed on the eligible list for employment as a Ramsey County Nurse. Names will remain on the list for 12 months or until hired, whichever occurs first. A notice will be sent to applicants at the time of posting of the eligible list. This list is updated once a month. Applicants who are eligible for veteran's preference should submit or update their veteran's claim form as soon as possible. Criminal Background Checks: All employment offers are conditioned upon the applicant passing a criminal background check. Convictions are not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered on its individual merits and the type of work sought. However, making false statements or withholding information will cause you to be barred from employment, or removed from employment. For further information regarding this posting, please contact roberta.taylor.hill@co.ramsey.mn.us or by phone at 651-266-2711.