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18465 Orchard Trl
Lakeville, MN 55044
Date Posted:
July 28, 2026
Department:
62835630 AHG Colorectal Surgery
Shift:
Day (United States of America)
Shift Length:
8 hour shift
Hours Per Week:
40
Union Contract:
Non-Union-NCT
Weekend Rotation:
None
Job Summary:
Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. If you value putting patients first, consider a career at Allina Health. Our mission is to provide exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. This includes you and your loved ones. We are committed to providing whole person care, investing in your well-being, and enriching your career.
Key Position Details:
- 1.0 FTE (80 hours per two-week pay period)
- 8 hour day shifts
- No weekends
- The RN will be going between Lakeville, Edina, and Vadnais Heights sites.
Job Description:
Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.
Focuses on patients receiving care in a specialized outpatient care setting, playing a critical role in coordination and delegation of care. Individuals in this role will work in an outpatient clinic setting.
Principle Responsibilities
- Assessment.
- Collects, prioritizes and synthesizes comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
- Collects and prioritizes data in a systematic and ongoing process that involves the patient, family, other health care providers and environment as appropriate.
- Integrates data relevant to the situation to identify needs, patterns and variances.
- Uses appropriate evidence based assessment techniques and instruments in data collection.
- Diagnosis.
- Analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Interprets assessment information to identify each patient's needs relative to age, developmental stage and culture.
- Formulates, revises and resolves nursing diagnoses that reflect the current patient status.
- Validates and communicates nursing diagnoses with the patient, family and other health care team members.
- Documents nursing diagnoses in compliance with the patient care guidelines.
- Outcomes Identification.
- Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
- Establishes, in the collaboration with the family, patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
- Planning.
- Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Develops an individualized plan considering patient characteristics or the situation as appropriate in conjunction with the patient, family and others.
- Establishes a plan that provides for continuity of care.
- Incorporates evidence based nursing practice takes into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
- Implementation.
- Implements the identified plan.
- Implements interventions in a safe, timely, appropriate manner.
- Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnoses as appropriate.
- Coordinates implementation of the plan of care if appropriate.
- Documents interventions according to documentation guidelines.
- Evaluation.
- Evaluates the patient’s progress towards attainment of the outcome.
- Evaluates the patient’s/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care.
- Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care.
- Involves the patient, family, and health care team members in the evaluation process when appropriate.
- Documents revisions in diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care according to documentation guidelines.
- Quality of Practice.
- Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Participates in quality improvement activities related to nursing practice.
- Incorporates available QI data to improve nursing practice and outcome.
- Education.
- Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
- Participates in educational activities related to nursing practice.
- Acquires and applies the knowledge gained from educational experiences to current nursing practice.
- Professional Practice Evaluation.
- Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and regulatory guidelines.
- Engages in self-evaluation of practice on a regular basis, identifying strengths and goals for professional development.
- Obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
- Collegiality.
- Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others.
- Shares knowledge and skills in practice settings.
- Provides immediate and ongoing positive and constructive feedback to colleagues regarding their performance.
- Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
- Collaboration.
- Collaborates with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
- Partners with others to effect change and generate positive outcomes through knowledge of the patient or situation.
- Ethics.
- Acts in an ethical manner.
- Maintains a therapeutic and professional patient-nurse relationship with appropriate professional role boundaries.
- Serves as a patient advocate assisting patients in developing skills for self-advocacy.
- Uses available resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
- Research.
- Integrates research findings in practice.
- Utilizes the best evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.
- Resource Utilization.
- Incorporates factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in planning and delivering patient care.
- Utilizes resources related to standards of care in a safe, effective and ethical manner.
- Manages resources to assure they will be accessible to other in the future.
- Leadership.
- Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
- Functions as a professional role model.
- Promotes a positive work environment.
- Participates in shared decision-making.
- Environmental Health.
- Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
- Attains knowledge of environmental health concepts, such as implementation of environmental health strategies.
- Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks for workers and healthcare consumers.
- Communicates environmental health risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers, families, colleagues and communities.
- Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
- Demonstrates ability to coordinate and direct unit operation so the patient and family needs are met and resources are efficiently utilized in a safe manner.
- Promotes an environment that encourages individual growth, nurtures professional practice and fosters teamwork.
- Collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
- Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
- Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs and plans appropriate learning experiences.
- Demonstrates ability to implement an individualized orientation plan for the orientee.
- Demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
- Facilitates development of organizational and prioritization skills of orientee.
- Demonstrates ability to evaluate interpersonal skills of orientee.
- Serves as a professional role model.
- Facilitated socialization of orientee into the organization and work group.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Associate's or Vocational degree graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Where department allows, new graduate hires must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing which is inclusive of clinical rotations in an acute care setting (American Association of Colleges of Nursing or National League for Nursing)
- Internal clinic employees who have functioned successfully as a CMA or LPN with a minimum of 3 years may be considered from an accredited school that does not have clinical rotations where department allows
0 to 2 years RN experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree graduate of an accredited school of nursing
0 to 2 years specialty experience
Licenses/Certifications
- Licensed Registered Nurse - MN Board of Nursing required if working in the state of MN upon hire
- Licensed Registered Nurse - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required upon hire if working in the state of WI; if providing virtual/phone support for WI based patients only, then required within 90 days of hire
- May require both state licenses based on the services provided at the location hired
- BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required per American Heart Association guidelines within 30 Days
- ACLS-BLS Tier 2 - Allina Health required positions that conduct cardiac stress tests and monitor sedation
- RN-C in department specialty preferred
- ANCC depending on hiring department within 1-1/2 Yrs required
Additional certifications may be required depending on specialty
Physical Demands
- Medium Work*:
- Lifting weight up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), up to 25 lbs. frequently
Pay Range
Pay Range: $40.08 to $54.93 per hour
The pay described reflects the base hiring pay range. Your starting rate would depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, your experience, education, and the union agreement (if applicable). Shift, weekend and/or other differentials may be available to increase your pay rate for certain shifts or work.
Benefit Summary
Allina Health believes the best way to provide safe and compassionate care for our patients is by nurturing the passion of those who care for them. That’s why we devote extraordinary resources to help you grow and thrive — not only as a professional but also as a whole person. When you join our team, you have access to a wealth of valuable employee benefits that support the total well-being — mind, body, spirit and community — of you and your family members.
Allina Health is all in on your well-being. Because well-being means something different to everyone, our award-winning program provides you with the resources you need to help you navigate your personal journey. This includes well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, and many programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching and tools to support you on your journey.
In addition, Allina Health offers employee resources groups (ERGs) - voluntary, employee-led groups that serve as a resource for members and organizations by fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with the organization's mission, values, goals, business practices, and objectives. Allina Health also engages employees in various community involvement and volunteering events.
Benefits include:
- Medical/Dental
- PTO/Time Away
- Retirement Savings Plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term/Long-term Disability
- Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
- Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
- Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Allina Health is a 501(c)(3) eligible employer
Benefit eligibility/offerings are determined by FTE and if you are represented by a union.
Location Address:
18465 Orchard Trl
Lakeville, MN 55044
Date Posted:
July 28, 2026
Department:
62835630 AHG Colorectal Surgery
Shift:
Day (United States of America)
Shift Length:
8 hour shift
Hours Per Week:
40
Union Contract:
Non-Union-NCT
Weekend Rotation:
None
Job Summary:
Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. If you value putting patients first, consider a career at Allina Health. Our mission is to provide exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. This includes you and your loved ones. We are committed to providing whole person care, investing in your well-being, and enriching your career.
Key Position Details:
- 1.0 FTE (80 hours per two-week pay period)
- 8 hour day shifts
- No weekends
- The RN will be going between Lakeville, Edina, and Vadnais Heights sites.
Job Description:
Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.
Focuses on patients receiving care in a specialized outpatient care setting, playing a critical role in coordination and delegation of care. Individuals in this role will work in an outpatient clinic setting.
Principle Responsibilities
- Assessment.
- Collects, prioritizes and synthesizes comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
- Collects and prioritizes data in a systematic and ongoing process that involves the patient, family, other health care providers and environment as appropriate.
- Integrates data relevant to the situation to identify needs, patterns and variances.
- Uses appropriate evidence based assessment techniques and instruments in data collection.
- Diagnosis.
- Analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Interprets assessment information to identify each patient's needs relative to age, developmental stage and culture.
- Formulates, revises and resolves nursing diagnoses that reflect the current patient status.
- Validates and communicates nursing diagnoses with the patient, family and other health care team members.
- Documents nursing diagnoses in compliance with the patient care guidelines.
- Outcomes Identification.
- Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
- Establishes, in the collaboration with the family, patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
- Planning.
- Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Develops an individualized plan considering patient characteristics or the situation as appropriate in conjunction with the patient, family and others.
- Establishes a plan that provides for continuity of care.
- Incorporates evidence based nursing practice takes into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
- Implementation.
- Implements the identified plan.
- Implements interventions in a safe, timely, appropriate manner.
- Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnoses as appropriate.
- Coordinates implementation of the plan of care if appropriate.
- Documents interventions according to documentation guidelines.
- Evaluation.
- Evaluates the patient’s progress towards attainment of the outcome.
- Evaluates the patient’s/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care.
- Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care.
- Involves the patient, family, and health care team members in the evaluation process when appropriate.
- Documents revisions in diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care according to documentation guidelines.
- Quality of Practice.
- Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Participates in quality improvement activities related to nursing practice.
- Incorporates available QI data to improve nursing practice and outcome.
- Education.
- Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
- Participates in educational activities related to nursing practice.
- Acquires and applies the knowledge gained from educational experiences to current nursing practice.
- Professional Practice Evaluation.
- Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and regulatory guidelines.
- Engages in self-evaluation of practice on a regular basis, identifying strengths and goals for professional development.
- Obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
- Collegiality.
- Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others.
- Shares knowledge and skills in practice settings.
- Provides immediate and ongoing positive and constructive feedback to colleagues regarding their performance.
- Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
- Collaboration.
- Collaborates with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
- Partners with others to effect change and generate positive outcomes through knowledge of the patient or situation.
- Ethics.
- Acts in an ethical manner.
- Maintains a therapeutic and professional patient-nurse relationship with appropriate professional role boundaries.
- Serves as a patient advocate assisting patients in developing skills for self-advocacy.
- Uses available resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
- Research.
- Integrates research findings in practice.
- Utilizes the best evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.
- Resource Utilization.
- Incorporates factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in planning and delivering patient care.
- Utilizes resources related to standards of care in a safe, effective and ethical manner.
- Manages resources to assure they will be accessible to other in the future.
- Leadership.
- Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
- Functions as a professional role model.
- Promotes a positive work environment.
- Participates in shared decision-making.
- Environmental Health.
- Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
- Attains knowledge of environmental health concepts, such as implementation of environmental health strategies.
- Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks for workers and healthcare consumers.
- Communicates environmental health risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers, families, colleagues and communities.
- Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
- Demonstrates ability to coordinate and direct unit operation so the patient and family needs are met and resources are efficiently utilized in a safe manner.
- Promotes an environment that encourages individual growth, nurtures professional practice and fosters teamwork.
- Collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
- Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
- Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs and plans appropriate learning experiences.
- Demonstrates ability to implement an individualized orientation plan for the orientee.
- Demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
- Facilitates development of organizational and prioritization skills of orientee.
- Demonstrates ability to evaluate interpersonal skills of orientee.
- Serves as a professional role model.
- Facilitated socialization of orientee into the organization and work group.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Associate's or Vocational degree graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Where department allows, new graduate hires must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing which is inclusive of clinical rotations in an acute care setting (American Association of Colleges of Nursing or National League for Nursing)
- Internal clinic employees who have functioned successfully as a CMA or LPN with a minimum of 3 years may be considered from an accredited school that does not have clinical rotations where department allows
0 to 2 years RN experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree graduate of an accredited school of nursing
0 to 2 years specialty experience
Licenses/Certifications
- Licensed Registered Nurse - MN Board of Nursing required if working in the state of MN upon hire
- Licensed Registered Nurse - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required upon hire if working in the state of WI; if providing virtual/phone support for WI based patients only, then required within 90 days of hire
- May require both state licenses based on the services provided at the location hired
- BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required per American Heart Association guidelines within 30 Days
- ACLS-BLS Tier 2 - Allina Health required positions that conduct cardiac stress tests and monitor sedation
- RN-C in department specialty preferred
- ANCC depending on hiring department within 1-1/2 Yrs required
Additional certifications may be required depending on specialty
Physical Demands
- Medium Work*:
- Lifting weight up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), up to 25 lbs. frequently
Pay Range
Pay Range: $40.08 to $54.93 per hour
The pay described reflects the base hiring pay range. Your starting rate would depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, your experience, education, and the union agreement (if applicable). Shift, weekend and/or other differentials may be available to increase your pay rate for certain shifts or work.
Benefit Summary
Allina Health believes the best way to provide safe and compassionate care for our patients is by nurturing the passion of those who care for them. That’s why we devote extraordinary resources to help you grow and thrive — not only as a professional but also as a whole person. When you join our team, you have access to a wealth of valuable employee benefits that support the total well-being — mind, body, spirit and community — of you and your family members.
Allina Health is all in on your well-being. Because well-being means something different to everyone, our award-winning program provides you with the resources you need to help you navigate your personal journey. This includes well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, and many programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching and tools to support you on your journey.
In addition, Allina Health offers employee resources groups (ERGs) - voluntary, employee-led groups that serve as a resource for members and organizations by fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with the organization's mission, values, goals, business practices, and objectives. Allina Health also engages employees in various community involvement and volunteering events.
Benefits include:
- Medical/Dental
- PTO/Time Away
- Retirement Savings Plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term/Long-term Disability
- Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
- Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
- Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Allina Health is a 501(c)(3) eligible employer
Benefit eligibility/offerings are determined by FTE and if you are represented by a union.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Colorectal Surgeon
Translate your fellowship credentials for PERM
PERM requires your employer to define minimum education and experience requirements before advertising the role. Get your colorectal surgery fellowship certificate evaluated by a NACES-member credential evaluator so DOL reviewers can verify U.S.-equivalent training without delays.
Target academic medical centers with GME programs
Teaching hospitals and health systems with graduate medical education programs file PERM petitions far more frequently for surgical subspecialties than private practices. Look for institutions with colorectal surgery residency or fellowship slots, since their legal infrastructure for sponsorship is already in place.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for colorectal surgeons in the specific metropolitan area where you'll practice. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the Level I through Level IV wage tiers before you negotiate, so your offer letter meets PERM requirements from day one.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Searching for employers actively filing EB-2 or EB-3 petitions for surgical roles is faster with verified data. Migrate Mate surfaces hospitals and health systems with documented green card sponsorship history for physician roles, so you spend less time cold-approaching employers who don't sponsor.
File I-140 concurrently to lock in your priority date
Once your PERM is certified by DOL, your employer can file the I-140 petition with USCIS. Filing promptly after certification establishes your priority date, which controls your place in the EB-2 or EB-3 queue, especially critical if you're a national of a high-demand country.
Confirm your state medical license covers the PERM period
DOL audits for physician PERM cases often request proof that the sponsored worker meets all state licensing requirements at the time of filing. Confirm your state medical license is active and unrestricted before your employer submits the PERM application to avoid a NOFD or audit delay.
Green Card Colorectal Surgeon: Frequently Asked Questions
Do colorectal surgeons qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Colorectal surgeons can qualify under either category. EB-2 applies to advanced-degree professionals, and a medical degree with subspecialty fellowship training typically satisfies that threshold. EB-3 covers professionals with a U.S.-equivalent bachelor's degree or higher. Most hospital sponsors file under EB-2 for fellowship-trained colorectal surgeons, though EB-3 is an option when the job description allows a broader degree standard.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa grants temporary work authorization for up to six years and is subject to an annual lottery for cap-subject employers. Employment-based green card sponsorship through PERM leads to lawful permanent residency with no renewal cycle. There is no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries, and EB-2 backlogs vary by nationality. The PERM process also takes longer upfront, typically one to two years before USCIS adjudicates the I-140.
What does the PERM labor certification process require from the hiring hospital?
The employer must conduct a DOL-prescribed recruitment campaign to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available for the colorectal surgeon role at the offered wage. This includes posting the job in specific outlets, documenting all applicants, and filing the ETA Form 9089 with DOL. The entire supervised recruitment and review window typically runs four to eight months before DOL certifies or audits the application.
How can I find colorectal surgeon jobs with green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It filters surgical roles by employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history, saving you the manual work of researching hospital systems one by one. You can search by specialty, geographic market, and sponsorship type to identify positions where PERM filing is a realistic part of the hiring package.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is filed but before I get my green card?
Changing employers after PERM certification but before I-140 approval generally voids the petition, since PERM is employer-specific. Once your I-140 is approved and you've been in the EB-2 or EB-3 queue for 180 days or more, AC21 portability may allow you to change to a same or similar colorectal surgery role at a new employer without losing your priority date. Consult an immigration attorney before making that move.