Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit

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.

• Assess, recognize and address patients psychological and physical needs
• Foster quality of care with the best interests of patients and their families in mind
• Communicate compassionately and effectively
• Assist in developing individualized treatment plans
• Comply with evaluation, treatment and documentation guidelines
• Oversee care delivered by LPNs and/or CNAs
• Participate in clinical team conferences
• Follow hospital, regulatory and professional guidelines, policies and procedures

Entry Rate:
Depending on experience

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Shift Details:
Part time night shift, weekends, holiday on a rotating basis

Department: ICU with floating to med/surg depended on census
- St James Healthcare
- Butte MT

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

24

Hourly Range: $33.38 - $79.73 (actual hourly rate dependent upon experience)

BSN Degree from an accredited program required within 4 years unless 15 years of acute care service. Failure to obtain a BSN degree within this time frame may result in suspension or termination of employment. Nurses employed by the Hospital on or before September 1, 2014 with only an ASN/ADN, will be exempt from the requirement to obtain a BSN. Any nurse hired by the hospital from September 2, 2014 through April 15, 2019 will have 5 years / 60 months from date of hire to obtain a BSN.

Any nurse who takes legally protected leave during any of the completion periods may have the period extended by a comparable amount of time.

Current State of Montana Registered Nurse License

• BLS Certification mandatory upon hire.
• ACLS required within 9 months of hire for all ICU/ED RN’s.
• TNCC or TCAR within 12 months of transfer or hire for all ICU/ED/RNs. Must maintain TNCC/TCAR or an equivalent that is recognized by the American College of Surgeons.

Highly preferred.

• Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team to achieve patient-focused outcomes.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to read, analyze, interpret periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports and effectively present information, respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers or regulatory agencies.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy, including frequent computer use and typing for documentation.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment, typically including items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtain and distribute supplies and equipment, including pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms.
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Eligible:
Yes.

We provide a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness encompassing living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender…