RN

About the job

Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene is hiring a full-time night shift registered nurse (RN) for 2 East, its ortho/neuro unit. Patients there include orthopedic and neurosurgery patients, trauma patients, seizure patients and general medical patients.

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

What you'll do

• Evaluate, plan, carry out and document nursing care for assigned patients
• Assist physicians with examinations and procedures
• Perform patient tests and give medications within the RN scope of practice
• Set care goals with patients and teach patients and families about their condition, medications and self-care
• Care for patients recovering from surgeries such as craniotomies and laminectomies, patients with traumatic brain injuries and seizure patients who need EEG monitoring
• Meet the age-specific needs of the unit's patients

What you need

• Graduation from a nationally accredited nursing program
• RNs with less than 3 years of patient-facing experience at hire must enroll in a baccalaureate (or higher) nursing program within 1 year and finish within 3 years of hire
• RNs with at least 3 years of patient-facing experience at hire need an ADN or diploma
• An Idaho RN license, a pending license shown by temporary licensure, or a current multistate compact RN license before the start date
• BLS
• Able to lift and move up to 35 lbs, stand, stoop, crouch and bend, push or pull heavy equipment and help transfer patients
• Exposure to needles, blood and body fluids

Preferred

• A BSN or higher, for RNs with at least 3 years of experience

Schedule

• Night shift, full-time
• 12-hour shifts
• 72 hours per two-week pay period

Benefits

• Medical plans, some fully paid by the employer for eligible full-time staff, beginning the first of the month after 30 days
• Dental, vision, life and pet coverage, plus telemedicine and wellbeing resources
• Tuition assistance after 90 days
• Retirement plans with pre-tax and Roth options and an employer match of 3% to 6%
• Night, weekend and PRN shift differentials
• Wellness coaching, financial wellness help and free or reduced-cost fitness center access
• Employee discounts and an employee referral bonus program