Circulating RN - Day Surgery (OR)

About the job

Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene is hiring a part-time circulating registered nurse (RN) for its Day Surgery center, part of perioperative services (operating room). Working to the center's operational needs and hours, the nurse uses the nursing process to promote patients' health, well-being and safety in line with patient care standards.

Kootenai Health serves patients across northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest.

What you'll do

• Assist the physician during exams and procedures
• Perform patient tests and give medications within the registered nurse's scope of practice
• Set patient care goals and teach patients and families about their condition, medications and self-care skills to build independence
• Give relationship-based care that treats the patient and family or designee as full partners and respects the patient's preferences, values and needs
• Take a full part in nursing and inter-professional teams, building shared decision-making, mutual respect and open communication
• Bring the best current evidence into clinical practice and use data to monitor and improve care outcomes
• Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, reduce errors and support decisions
• Use experience and judgment to plan and reach goals, and meet the age-specific needs of patients on the assigned unit

What you need

• A BSN
• Graduation from a nationally accredited nursing program
• An Idaho RN license, a pending license documented by a temporary license, or a current RN license from a state that shares the multistate privilege-to-practice compact with Idaho
• At least 1 year of experience in critical care, emergency or OR/PACU, as applicable
• ACLS within 90 days of hire
• BLS certification
• Able to lift and move up to 35 pounds
• Able to stay standing and to stoop, crouch or bend
• Able to push, pull or move heavy equipment and help transfer patients
• Work involves exposure to needles, blood and body fluids

Preferred

• CCRN or CNOR certification

Schedule

• Day shift, part-time
• 10-hour shifts
• 40 hours per two-week pay period
• Hours follow the Day Surgery center's operational needs and hours

Benefits

• Affordable medical plans for part-time staff, with benefits starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment
• Dental, vision, life and pet insurance, plus telemedicine and wellbeing resources
• Tuition assistance after 90 days
• Pre-tax and Roth retirement plans with an employer match of 3% to 6%
• Night, weekend and PRN shift differentials
• A wellness program with coaching and financial wellness resources, plus free or discounted fitness centers and wellbeing apps
• Employee discounts and an employee referral bonus program