Rice Community Healthcare seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) – Night Shift at Hospital District No. 1 of Rice County, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Lyons, Kansas, to join our team and play an integral role in providing excellent care to our patients. As a smaller rural hospital, we offer an opportunity to work in a patient-centered and friendly work environment where you get to know your patients and their families—because we know how important it is for our community to receive quality and personalized care, close to home.
The RN is an important member of the healthcare team and works collaboratively with the other members of the care team to provide optimal outcomes for our patients according to established best practices and procedures. On average over 15,000 patients receive care from our care team each year at Hospital District No. 1 of Rice County.
Essential Job Functions:
- Utilizes assessment skills and techniques to determine patient needs and conditions upon admission and on an on-going basis
- Completes and documents the nursing assessment in a thorough and accurate manner
- Assesses the need for patient/family teaching and provides as needed
- Makes rounds on all patients
- Initiate, develop and document a patient's plan of care based on the patient's assessment and medical diagnosis and setting priorities for nursing actions.
- Review and update the plan of care once every 24 hours or as necessary.
- Develops and begins discharge plans on admission and provides referrals to community resources as necessary.
- Provide patient teaching as necessary to family and caretakers and provide written instructions for medications and care upon discharge.
- Collaborates with other health team members in planning and providing care.
- Delegates nursing care of each patient’s needs, including acute, observation, skilled and intermediate levels of care, to team members based on complexity, staff education and competency, state regulations and Hospital District #1 of Rice County policies .
- Must supervise and evaluate the nursing care for each patient, including patients that are in skilled and intermediate levels of care.
- Provides safe and comprehensive nursing care according to state regulations, hospital policy and procedures and CMS Standards.
- Establish care priorities based on patient problems; communicate with staff of patient’s problems/concerns/changes in condition.
- Must be proficient in medication administration, including IV therapy. Reports medication errors.
- Perform procedures accurately, completely and safely according to established policy and procedure and physician orders.
- Maintains a safe environment for patients. Uses safety precautions appropriately.
- Demonstrates understanding and utilization of Universal Precautions, asepsis and infection control procedures.
- Maintains strict confidentiality regarding knowledge of all patient (HIPPA) information, staff and confidential hospital business.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships with all staff members.
- Responds to phone messages from patients and informs providers as needed.
- Participates actively in the growth and development of nursing personnel through monthly staff meetings, daily reports, and staff development meetings
- Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
- Adheres to established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental, infection control standards and mission, vision and core values of the hospital.
- Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventative maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Qualifications and Education:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing and licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Kansas
- Certification of Basic Life Support (BLS) within 90 days of hire
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 6 months of hire
- Trauma Nursing Core Course certification within 12 months of hire
Preferred:
- Experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care hospital setting
Why Rice Community Healthcare?
- Generous PTO and extended illness days for greater flexibility
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) for healthcare and dependent day care
- Six weeks 100% paid Maternity and Paternity Leave (requires return to work)
- Fully paid life insurance
- Participation in the Kansas Public Retirement System (KPERS) retirement plan and 457b plan options
- Opportunity for PTO payout
- … and more!
For complete benefit package information, direct your questions to Cori Johanning, Human Resources Director at cjohanning@rch-lyons.com.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $34.00 - $40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
Standard shift:
Supplemental schedule:
Weekly schedule:
Work Location: In person