Med Surg Nurse

Registered Nurse (RN) – Med Surg Staff

ScionHealth – Community Care Hospital Division is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Lewiston, ID.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty: Med Surg
  • Discipline: RN
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • Employment Type: Staff


Description

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus, Relocation Assistance & Housing Allowance Available!

The work location for this position is in Lewiston, Idaho

Full-Time: 36-hrs per pay period

Hours:  12-hr night shift (7pm – 7am); You will receive 11% night shift differential

Benefits May Include:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • 401k w/ employer match
  • Short & Long-term disabilities
  • Life & AD&D insurances
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Pet Insurance
  • and more…

At. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, an affiliate of ScionHealth, we recognize that our patients deserve qualified, engaged, and competent healthcare professionals. And we know that our healthcare professionals deserve a working environment that is safe, leaders who are visible and supportive, and opportunities to grow and develop in their chosen disciplines. The heart of St. Joe’s is in its people, making our hospital a family that only the best is invited to join. If you feel that your skills and compassion fit with our vision for healthcare, we invite you to apply today.

Primary Duties

  • Provide respiratory therapy (conventional/routine) to all patients of all age groups, infants to adults, as ordered. Explains purpose and procedure of treatments, tests, and equipment to patients.
  • Receive assignment. Check patient chart and physician’s orders.  Set up equipment and medications and administer treatments as ordered, e.g., oxygen administration, humidity therapy, airway management, resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, postural drainage procedures; closed atmosphere and respiratory monitoring, intermittent positive pressure breathing, aerosol therapy, and pharmacology respiratory therapy.  Chart treatment, response, and progress.
  • Monitor environmental control systems, others. Deliver and set up equipment and monitor patients on continuous ventilation.  Do nasotracheal and tracheal (endotracheal tube or tracheostomy) suctioning.
  • Make patient rounds regularly. Observe patient, check equipment, and change/make adjustments as necessary.  Solve problems.  Discontinue therapy as ordered.  Remove equipment from patient rooms, disassemble, etc.

    • Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position.  While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.

    Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.

    While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Requirements

    • High school diploma or GED
    • Permanently licensed by the Idaho State Board of Medicine as a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP)
    • Registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)
    • Minimum 2-years’ experience in the adult critical care setting within the last 5-years
    • ICU experience within the last 3-years

    • BLS on first day or to be assigned by the Learning Center

    • PALS – completed within three (3)-months of hire date
    • ACLS – completed within three (3)-months of hire date
    • NRP – completed within one (1)-year of hire date

    About ScionHealth – Community Care Hospital Division

    Defined by its team of approximately 22,000 talented, heroic caregivers, ScionHealth strives to provide quality-driven, patient-centered acute and post-acute hospital solutions in communities across the country.

    The health system is focused on driving innovation and investing in people and technology to deliver compassionate patient care and excellent health outcomes in ways that lift a community and improve health equity. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, ScionHealth operates 79 hospital campuses in 25 states – 61 long-term acute care hospitals, and 18 community hospital campuses and associated health systems.

    ScionHealth launched in December 2021 following a transaction between leading healthcare companies LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare, with talent and resources from both companies combining to form an organization devoted to providing great care to tens of thousands of patients annually.

    For years, the hospitals now operated by ScionHealth have been vital to the communities they serve – as medical providers, as supportive employers, and as inclusive partners in giving back. ScionHealth is proud to inherit this role and find innovative ways to grow and evolve for years to come.

    Job Overview

    • Salary: $36-60/hr
    • Date Posted:
    • Location: Lewiston, ID
    • Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) – Med Surg
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