Registered Nurse Med Surg Unit

CommonSpirit Health; Dodge City (KS); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City. You will collaborate with the healthcare team to meet patients' physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, advancing compassionate nursing practice.

Responsibilities include assessments, care planning, documentation, and patient teaching, with an emphasis on safety and quality care within a mission-driven environment. This is a 0.9 FTE night shift (7pm–7:30am) position requiring an RN license and applicable

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing is required.
• Active RN license in the state of employment is required.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required.
• NIHSS certification is required.
• One year of RN experience is required.
• Physical requirements listed must be met.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs across physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual domains.
• Develop and implement care plans and monitor patient outcomes with the team.
• Provide care such as IVs, wound care, meds, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain accurate, confidential patient charts and records.
• Document status and outcomes; use IT to communicate and support decisions.
• Educate patients and families; assess learning readiness and needs.

Skills

Nursing care

Patient assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Documentation

Patient education

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma or by endorsement

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.

Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
• Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
• Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

We are offering a $10,000 sign on in addition to up to $8,000 relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.

.90 FTE-FT nights-7pm-7:30am

Job Requirements

Required

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• Active and unencumbered RN License in state of employment
• BLS from the American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• One year RN experience
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing

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Where You'll Work

As our Medical Surgical Nurse at St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City, you’ll excel in your nursing career by providing care to patients admitted to our unit. Most of your patients are funneled in from other units providing you with the opportunity to build on your education and experience in specialized service lines such as cardiac, telemetry, orthopedics, neurology, critical care, surgical services, and emergency. 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.

St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City, is a Joint Commission accredited 99-bed hospital that serves as a regional referral center for southwest Kansas. Acute care is at the heart of what we do. St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City provides health services that include diagnostics and interventional cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. We combine patient-centered care with modern technology and medical expertise to treat a wide range of medical conditions.