Community Health at Home is hiring: RN in Valley City

Overview

As our Medical Surgical Nurse at CHI Mercy Health Valley City, you’ll excel in your nursing career by providing care to patients admitted to our unit. Most of your patients come in from ER and swing bed providing you with the opportunity to build on your education and experience.

Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to help others - with a patient-first mindset. Keen assessment skills, critical thinking, and a sense of urgency support your career advancement and you thrive in a fast-paced clinical environment where you will rarely experience the same day twice.

About Us

CHI Mercy Health Valley City, part of CommonSpirit Health, has been a part of the Valley City community since 1928 when it was founded by the Sisters of Mercy. Their vision was to build healthier communities through a healing ministry. Over the years we’ve progressed to meet the needs of the community. We are always here for you to keep your medical needs close to home and convenient. We are always just down the road and have offered services for decades.

Responsibilities

1. Deliver care to 4-6 patients per shift.
2. Administer medications, change dressings, monitor vital signs, and chart with timely documentation.
3. Collaborate with a variety of other healthcare professionals such as social work, care coordination, physical therapy, occupational therapy, lab, respiratory therapy, and imaging.
4. Perform and document assessments as stated on Patient Care Plan and/or as patient condition requires, i.e. admission system assessment, vital signs, intake and output, ADLs, etc.
5. Identify discharge planning/education needs as early as possible upon admission, document and plan in order to meet those needs.
6. Complete all documentation according to standard operating procedures.
7. Perform personal cares according to standard operating procedure.
8. Collect and accurately charge for all patient care items and/or services. Charge sheet is completed at the end of each shift.
9. Assess, identify and communicate unit staffing needs for current and oncoming shifts and assign admissions and/or transfers based on patient acuity level, nurse/patient ratio, and nursing skill levels.

Qualifications

1. Current Registered Nurse (RN) license that allows you to practice in our state of North Dakota.
2. Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
3. Basic Life Support (BLS) certified through American Heart Association (AHA) required.

Preferred:

1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
2. ACLS and PALS from American Heart Association recommended.