ID - RN, Night Shift Med/Surg

Medical-Surgical RN

The Medical-Surgical RN provides direct patient care, coordinates treatment plans, and ensures high-quality nursing services for patients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery. This role requires strong clinical judgment, collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, and a commitment to patient-centered care. The position involves maintaining current knowledge of evidence-based nursing practice and the ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills in the implementation of all phases of the nursing process and will serve as a professional role model as a caregiver, mentor, teacher, and resource for peers and other providers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; following facility standards of care set by the State Board of Nursing and other governing agency regulations. Possess knowledge and skills regarding nursing principals and practice.

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care in accordance with hospital policies; Make nursing decisions within the scope of licensure.

Administer medications, treatments, and IV therapy as per physician order.

Monitor vital signs, symptoms, and patient progress, reporting changes promptly.

Collaborate with physicians, specialists, and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes.

Educate patients and families on treatment plans, discharge instructions and health management.

Maintain accurate documentation in electronic health records (EMR).

Ensure compliance with infection control, safety protocols, and regulatory standards.

Monitor patient progress document assessments, and adjust care plans accordingly.

Assist with post-operative recovery, chronic illness management, and acute care interventions.

Respond to emergencies and coordinate with interdisciplinary teams of optimal patient outcomes.

Communicate effectively with a wide range of age groups, ethnic, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Organizational skills, with ability to prioritize with accuracy and speed.

Attend 75% of nursing staff meetings and other available in-service education that pertain to professional growth and development

Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.

Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.

Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.

Delegates, and oversees, tasks delegated to nursing assistants, ESTs and Unit Clerks.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Other duties may be assigned as needed by supervisor

Other

Able to work weekends, holidays, and shift rotations as needed.

Maintain good physical, emotional, and mental health

Orients and mentors new staff

Qualifications:

The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

Graduate of an approved School of Nursing required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Prior Medical-Surgical experience preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Current Registered Nurse (RN) License in the State of Idaho or approved compact state licensure.

Basic Life Support (BLS) required upon hire.

Advanced Life Support (ACLS) Certification required up on date of hire.

Pediatric Life Support (PALS) certification required within a year of date of hire.