Registered Nurse - LTC - Night Shift

Pay Range: $44.57 - $62.80

$25K Sign On and $10K Relocation for qualified hire! $25K annual geographic differential on top of base

Position: RN – Long Term Care Night Shift

Location:

Wrangell Medical Center | Southeast Alaska

Organization: SEARHC (Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium)

Schedule:

3/12 Night Shift | 16-bed LTC attached to a Critical Access Hospital

Looking for a nursing role that combines professional impact with an unforgettable adventure? Join SEARHC, a mission-driven, non‑profit tribal health organization serving 27 communities across Southeast. SEARHC is a non‑profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short‑term disability, and more.

• Promotes the SEARHC Seven Standards of Excellence; implements safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients and residents with multisystem diseases or complications of treatment, using appropriate infection control measures; sets priorities for care based on acuity and/or patient preferences; anticipates potential problems; adapts to change; initiates, manages, and documents nursing procedures consistent with scientific principles and departmental policy; demonstrates knowledge of equipment use;
  
  accurately administers age‑specific medications and therapeutics; carries out the medical and nursing care plan; coordinates resident care activities with physicians and other healthcare team members; initiates action to reduce, correct, or prevent immediate, ongoing, or potential risks to the resident; facilitates healing by providing individualized, goal‑oriented nursing care; seeks resources beyond scope; explains tests, procedures, and disease processes; follows through on nursing care plans by teaching and demonstrating essential skills;
  
  provides counseling; utilizes other healthcare professionals for psychosocial problems; takes steps to decrease stress and increase coping mechanisms; evaluates resident progress or lack thereof; directs new goal setting and implements revised care plans; documents responses; closes out care plans at discharge or aftercare; ensures confidentiality of resident information.
• Accomplishes nursing assessments through interviewing, observation, and the nursing process; obtains, interprets and applies age‑related patient information; completes thorough Nursing Admission Database/initial resident assessment; documents assessment findings; identifies problems and nursing diagnoses; distinguishes normal and abnormal findings; utilizes resources to assess residents with new or uncommon conditions.
• Shall perform duties as assigned and ensure quality resident care regardless of routine or emergent situation.
• Imparts educational knowledge to enhance decision making; engages in evaluation of teaching effectiveness; organizes and participates in care conferences; identifies staff, resident, and family educational needs; develops or implements educational programs and learning aids; documents education accurately; participates in in‑services; completes mandatory training and competency checks; utilizes teaching opportunities with staff.
• Communicates with staff, residents, significant others, and the healthcare team in a supportive, constructive manner; gives feedback; assists in orientation of new staff; guides others in nursing interventions; follows policies; supports the nursing mission; assigns staff to productive tasks; provides input regarding policy changes; leads as Contact RN when necessary; accomplishes assigned resident care and support activities.
• Develops and contributes to a nursing action plan based on resident problems and responses; transcribes physician orders; utilizes experience to offer care options; initiates care plans;…