Registered Nurse Residential Living PRN

Registered Nurse (RN) Opportunity At Holy Rosary Healthcare

Are you searching for a position where you can truly make a difference in someone's life? Join our vibrant team at the Residential Living Unit at Holy Rosary Healthcare in Miles City. As an RN within this unit, you'll discover a warm, welcoming environment filled with active and engaged elders whom we deeply care for. Our RNs enjoy the flexibility of self-scheduling their 12-hour shifts. Currently, our 53-bed unit is staffed with at least two RNs per shift, along with CNAs and dedicated bath aides during the day. In addition, we have invaluable support from our activities coordinator, ward clerks, restoration aides, and social worker. While the work may be demanding, you'll have the time and assistance needed to provide exceptional care.

Join us in a place where you'll eagerly anticipate your shifts, knowing you're positively impacting each resident's health and happiness. We're a tight-knit team that genuinely enjoys working together and shares a profound love for our residents. Our workplace feels like a second home, and for our residents, it truly is home. Let's discuss how your unique talents and career aspirations can complement our team!

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Scope

As a Registered Nurse you know that every day is different, which is why you need to know how to:

• Identify and document resident/family learning needs and provide education, based on assessment in collaboration and coordination with resident, family and interdisciplinary team members.
• Coordinate or delegate discharge activities: i.e. complete or validate transfer/discharge documents, instructions related to medications, activity, wound care and follow-up appointments.
• Document resident/family response to education.
• Maintain working knowledge of CMS regulations so that documentation supports and reflects compliance.
• Maintain working knowledge of Medicare skilled and MDS criteria so that documentation supports the need for care as well as reflects resident status.
• Incorporate resident needs and preferences into organized, efficient delivery of care by a team. assigned for daily cares and delegate tasks appropriately.
• Supervise, coach, counsel, and evaluate performance of assigned C.N.A. staff.
• Demonstrate knowledge and technical competence in preparation and administrations of medications and IV's per scope of practice and hospital policy.
• Document nursing interventions, residents' response to care, and resident outcomes.
• Set priorities for and reviews daily plan of care, in collaboration with resident/family/significant other and other healthcare disciplines.
• Communicate with physician to ensure coordination of medical and nursing plan of care.
• Communicate compassionately and effectively.

Your experience.

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• ASN from an accredited program
• A Registered Nurse with an AS DN degree must complete a BSN degree within four (4) years from the Registered Nurses date of hire unless the Registered Nurse has a minimum of fifteen (15) years of proven continuous Registered Nurse experience in an acute care setting. Failure to obtain a BSN degree within that time frame may result in suspension or termination of employment. Any Registered Nurse who takes legally protected leave during the Four (4) year completion period may have the period extended by a comparable amount of time.
• BSN from an accredited program preferred
• Current Montana RN license
• Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required. Ability to work nights and/or weekends is required for identified positions.

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.- and -Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.- and -Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.- and -Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.- and -Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).- and -May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location: Holy Rosary Hospital

Work City: Miles City

Work State: Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$34.62 - $52.51