RN-BSN – NRT Float Group 3

About the job

Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene is hiring a full-time day-shift RN-BSN for NRT Float Group 3 on its Nursing Resource Team (NRT), a float department whose nurses work in care areas across the hospital. Float Group 3 mainly supports emergency, critical care (ICU and CCU) and progressive care units.

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

What you'll do

• Evaluate, plan, deliver and document nursing care for an assigned group of patients in a range of care areas
• Care for many different patient populations, staying highly adaptable and understanding how each unit works
• Assist physicians during exams and procedures, perform patient tests and give medications within the RN scope of practice
• Set patient care goals and teach patients and families about the condition, medications and self-care skills to build the patient's independence
• Give relationship-based care that treats the patient, family or designee as a full partner and respects the patient's preferences, values and needs
• Work as a full member of nursing and inter-professional teams, with open communication, mutual respect and shared decisions
• Bring current evidence into practice and use data to track and improve care outcomes
• Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, reduce errors and support decisions
• Meet the age-specific needs of patients on each assigned unit

What you need

• A BSN degree
• 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 sharing the multistate privilege-to-practice compact with Idaho, before your start date
• At least 1 year of inpatient nursing experience
• BLS certification
• ACLS within 90 days of hire
• Efficient time management and the flexibility to work with many different teams across the units the group supports
• Able to lift and move up to 35 pounds and to maintain a standing position
• Able to stoop, crouch or bend; reach above or below shoulder height; push, pull or move heavy equipment; and help transfer patients
• Exposure to needles, blood and body fluids is part of the job

Schedule

• Day shift, 12-hour shifts
• Full-time, 72 hours per two-week pay period
• Float assignments in care areas across the hospital

Benefits

• Medical coverage starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment, including plans fully paid by the employer for eligible full-time employees
• Dental, vision, life and pet insurance, plus telemedicine and wellbeing resources
• Tuition assistance after 90 days
• Retirement plans (pre-tax and Roth) 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