Senior Staff Nurse (SSN) - Inpatient Medicine

Hennepin Healthcare is an integrated system of care that includes HCMC, a nationally recognized Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and acute care hospital, as well as a clinic system with primary care clinics located in Minneapolis and across Hennepin County. The comprehensive healthcare system includes a 473-bed academic medical center, a large outpatient Clinic & Specialty Center, and a network of clinics in the North Loop, Whittier, and East Lake Street neighborhoods of Minneapolis, and in the suburban communities of Brooklyn Park, Golden Valley, Richfield, and St. Anthony Village. Hennepin Healthcare has a large psychiatric program, home care, and operates a research institute, philanthropic foundation, and Hennepin EMS. The system is operated by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County. 

Equal Employment Opportunities: We believe equity is essential for optimal health outcomes and are committed to achieve optimal health for all by actively eliminating barriers due to racism, poverty, gender identity, and other determinants of health. We are committed to equitable care and working in an environment that celebrates, promotes, and protects diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We are committed to bringing in individuals with new cultural perspectives to assist in creating a more equitable healthcare organization.

SUMMARY:

We are currently seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join our Inpatient Medicine team. This is a 0.9 FTE, Day/ Every other Weekend, 12 hr shift position.

Purpose of this Position: Within the context of the Hennepin Healthcare System Patient and Family Centered Care model, and under general supervision, the Senior Staff Nurse provides and coordinates complex nursing care by:

• Protecting, promoting, and optimizing health
• Preventing illness and injury 
• Alleviating suffering through the treatment of the human response
• Partnering with the patient, the patient’s family, and significant others
• Documenting interventions and an individualized plan of care
• Advancing nursing professional practice
• Being a resource to the patient care area, role-modeling practice excellence, promoting evidence-based nursing practice, and facilitating innovation

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Staff Nurse performs all functions of the Staff Nurse and the following additional functions:

• Assists in the development and implementation of nursing standards, policies, and procedures
• Seeks and shares new knowledge in area of clinical expertise
• Supports and develops strategies to create, sustain and nurture patient and family centered care
• Provides expert clinical knowledge
• Serves as a resource to other clinical staff, and provides nursing consultation to other units
• Provides unit / department leadership through work as a charge nurse
• Serves as a preceptor and provides leadership for educational processes on unit
• Identifies re-occurring patient care issues, collaborates with leadership to postulate possible solutions, and works with the Nursing Manager on implementation of change
• Supports the organizational mission and key priorities and assures continuity of unit work with
  organizational initiatives through the Annual Plan
• Champions patient safety initiatives
• Accepts projects and/or change management assignments from nurse/clinic manager supporting the change through evidenced-based practice
• Serves as a member of the nursing leadership team