Job Details:

Facility Address: Wrangell, AK 99929

Number of Weeks: 13 weeks

Shift Information: Night shift / on-call will be required 2-3 days per month

Rate: $100-119/hr (No benefits/no housing)

Guaranteed Hours: 40

Overtime Type: By The Week

Overtime Starts After: 40

Overtime Rate: All Inclusive Rate + $7

Call Back Rate: All Inclusive Rate + $7

Holiday Rate: All Inclusive Rate + $7

Duties:

• Alaska License is required for this position
• Must have COVID vaccination and booster
• Night shift / on-call will be required 2-3 days per month
• Small Critical Access Hospital, Wrangell, AK

POSITION SUMMARY

The Registered Nurse coordinates and performs a variety of nursing care procedures for patients/residents, requiring professional knowledge and consideration of specific patient conditions and treatments and the ability to work independently in completing assignments. Guidelines include physician’s orders; standards of care, nursing policies and procedures manuals, hospital policies, long term care policies, nursing duties include support to individuals of all ages and their families.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Supervise the total nursing activities for all patients/residents during your working hours assuring patient/resident safety.
• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility to assure that nursing services and activities can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the patients/residents.
• Assist in developing and maintaining nursing objectives and standards.
• Assist in developing, implementing and coordinating department policies and procedures, resident/patient care plans, nursing procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc.
• Interpret department policies and procedures to personnel, residents/patients, visitors, family members, etc., as necessary.
• Ensure that each patient’s/resident’s right to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to wage a complaint, is followed by the appropriate personnel.
• Assure that patients/residents have a clean, safe, orderly and comfortable environment. Report needs to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)/Director of Nursing (DON).
• Assure that established infection control procedures and isolation techniques are followed at all times.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and a positive environment.
• Assist in the training of department personnel and make recommendations to the CNO/DON concerning training.
• Perform administrative requirements such as completing necessary forms, reports, etc., and submitting to the CNO/DON.
• Assist in evaluating and assisting medical, social, psychological, spiritual, restorative and rehabilitative care plans, as well as instructions in self-help.
• Maintain CONFIDENTIALITY of all pertinent patient/resident care information to assure the patients’/residents’ rights are protected.
• Evaluate emergencies and determine emergency measures to be used.
• Make independent decisions regarding nursing care.
• Complete required record keeping forms on patient/resident admission, discharge, transfer, etc.
• Assure that all nurses’ notes are informative and descriptive of the nursing care provided and of the patient’s response to the care.
• Notify physician of accidents and fill out and complete accident/incident report forms.
• Assure that a stock level of medications, medical supplies, equipment, etc., is maintained at the adequate levels at all times. Report needs to the CNO/DON, or Purchasing Agent.
• Attend and participate in workshops, seminars, etc., as approved.
• Give and receive nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift work hours.
• Receive verbal orders from physicians and chart on the physician’s order sheet or the electronic medical record.
• Transcribe physician’s orders to the electronic documentation system, lab slips, MAR, dietary requisitions, etc.
• Make out work requisitions for unsafe conditions or equipment repairs.
• Observes, records, and reports to physician patient’s condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate, or as may be directed.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing (Bachelor’s degree in nursing, Associate degree in nursing or Diploma in nursing).

Experience

• None required, but experience in an acute care/emergency department/long term care facility preferred.

Certification/License:

• An unrestricted RN license in the State of Alaska must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• Must have BLS, ACLS, & PALS or must be obtained within six months of hire and biannually thereafter.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification, preferred.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: $100.00 - $119.00 per hour

Physical setting:

• Acute care
• Long term care

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Wrangell, AK 99929: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• RN nursing: 1 year (Preferred)
• Long term care (LTC) RN: 1 year (Preferred)
• Acute care RN: 1 year (Preferred)
• emergency department (ED)RN: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Preferred)
• RN for AK state (Preferred)
• ACLS Certification (Preferred)
• PALS Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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