Location:

Altru Professional Center

4400 S. Washington St.

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $27.80 - $41.71

Summary:

The RN Pre-Admission verifies and updates the patients health history and ensures that intervention or referrals are made promptly. This position identifies pre-procedure and discharge planning needs and provides patient's family with the appropriate education. The RN Pre-Admission reviews patient care guidelines, completes all documentation, and monitors pre-admission protocols.

Essential Job Functions:

• Ensures health history is verified and updated using information form patient/patient’s family and previous medical records.

• Reviews patient care guidelines with patient and patient’s family as needed to help patient achieve their expected outcomes.

• Provides patient/patient’s family with appropriate education based on identified needs to optimize patient/patient family understanding.

• Ensures that intervention or referrals are made promptly, particularly when exceptions occur concerning special needs or unusual findings of the patient.

• Assesses and coordinates the care of patients from nursing homes or group homes, working with residence staff and Social Services as appropriate.

• Individualizes patient care guidelines and assesses for any needs of intervention or referral.

• Identifies discharge planning/education needs as early as possible, documents and plans in order to meet patient needs.

• Monitors pre-admission program effectiveness by evaluating, initiating and participating in restructuring of current and new programs.

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

Certification:

• 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 6 Months of Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association (AHA)| Within 90 days of Start Date | Learning Management System

Notes:

• Temporary RN license accepted prior to start.

• Must hold an unencumbered nursing license  prior to start.

Education:

• Preferred: Bachelors - Nursing

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Continuously (67-100%)

• Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Reach: Continuously (67-100%)

• Crawl: Not Applicable

• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)

• 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 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: R5628