Kootenai Health Hiring for RN at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Full Time

Kootenai Health is currently hiring a patient-focused, compassionate RN with a drive to provide exceptional care to those they serve.

About the Job

As an RN on our team, you will promote optimal health, well-being, and safety through the use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, and the Idaho Nurse Practice Act. You will enrich lives by providing relationship-based care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family, and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated, and culturally competent care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs. You will patriciate in a healthy, supporting team atmosphere by engaging fully within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. In your role, you will integrate the best current evidence into clinical practice and use data to monitor and improve the outcomes of care processes. Additionally, you will utilize information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making. You will know you are making a difference in the lives of those around you through the compassionate, thorough care you provide.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, plans, implements, and documents nursing care for an assigned patient population

• Assists physician during examinations and procedures

• Performs various patient tests and administers medications within the scope of practice of the registered nurse

• Promotes patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patient and family to understand the condition, medications, and self-care skills

• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected

• Performs other related duties as assigned

• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field

• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential job function

• Competent to meet age-specific needs of the unit assigned

  Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate of a nationally accredited Nursing program required

• All non-BSN RN’s hired after 1/1/2015 at Kootenai Health are required to be enrolled in a baccalaureate (or higher) degree program in nursing upon hire, and show evidence of enrollment prior to their start date with a mandatory completion date based on the date of hire:

• Hired prior to 8/31/2015 BSN is recommended but not required

• Hired between 9/1/2015 and 12/31/2018 BSN completed by December 31, 2020

• Hired after 1/1/2019 BSN completed within two years of hire

• State of Idaho Registered Nurse OR licensure pending as documented by temporary licensure OR current RN licensure from a state participating in the “multistate privilege to practice” compact with Idaho prior to start date

• BLS Required

  About Kootenai Health

  Kootenai Health has a solid reputation in the Pacific Northwest and has a rich history that spans nearly 60 years of innovation, achievements, and benchmarks in healthcare. Providing a comprehensive range of medical services, our main campus is located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and includes a 330-bed community-owned hospital. We have been recognized among large employers as the No. 1 Best Place to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine, and are regularly recognized by Cleverly and Associates for providing value to our community.

• Three Time Magnet Designated since 2006 – This designation is nursing’s top honor, accepted nationally as the gold standard in nursing excellence. Kootenai was the first hospital in the Inland Northwest to receive this designation and the second in Idaho.

• Member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network – in 2014 Kootenai Health became the 30th member, a national network of like-minded organizations that share a commitment to better serving patients and their families. Kootenai Health is the first health care organization in the Pacific Northwest to be selected as a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, and, like all network members, will remain a locally-owned and independent health care provider.

• Most Wired / Wireless Hospital, Hospital & Health Networks – Kootenai is consistently named one of the 100 Most Wired hospitals in the country. In this same survey, Kootenai also earned a spot on the list of Top 25 Most Wireless hospitals.

• Three Time Great Workplace Award – Kootenai Health has been recognized as one of the most engaged and productive workforces in the world!

  As your next employer, we are excited to offer you:

• 100% employer-paid health insurance premiums for full-time employees. Part-time employees pay only a small portion a month for medical, dental, and vision coverage!

• A tuition assistance program! If you want to further your education, we’ll help you pay for it!

• A 457 retirement plan!

• Convenient near campus daycare!

• Competitive salaries with a 12% differential for nights and an 8% differential for weekends!

• An award-winning and incentive-driven wellness program!

• Employee reward, recognition, and retention programs

• Professional development and leadership training opportunities!

• And much more!

  Have you considered a career at Kootenai Health? Maybe you should!

  Apply today!

  Kootenai Health complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sex. Kootenai Health does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sex.