Registered Nurse Skilled Nursing Facility

Overview

Registered Nurse for Skilled Nursing Facility —
Sublette County Health

Title: Registered Nurse for Skilled Nursing Facility

Discover Your Next Adventure in Pinedale, Wyoming! Nestled in the heart of the Wind River Range, Sublette County offers a rugged West lifestyle alongside a meaningful career opportunity. Sublette County Health operates two clinics with urgent care services, both serving as Level 5 Trauma receiving Emergency Rooms, as well as two EMS stations. On August 4, 2025, we opened Sublette County’s first hospital, a historic milestone for our community.

Heritage Home — our Skilled Nursing facility — is expanding to a 40-bed Skilled Nursing Unit and a brand-new 10-bed Memory Care Unit, designed to provide compassionate, resident-centered care. We’re growing and seeking dedicated, skilled, and compassionate professionals to join our team. If you’re ready for a rewarding career and a lifestyle filled with adventure, come be part of something extraordinary in Pinedale, Wyoming.

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While upholding Sublette County Hospital Districts’ mission, vision, and values, the Skilled Nursing Facility RN coordinates and delivers direct clinical care per nursing process for adult and geriatric residents/patients on an age- and developmentally appropriate basis. The RN utilizes knowledge of residents’ rights, legal/ethical concepts, communication skills, safety and infection prevention while performing basic nursing skills, basic restorative skills, mental health and psychosocial skills, and nursing team member skills.

Directly supervised by the Director of Nursing.

• Provides direct supervision and coordination of the resident care team. Responsible for the quality of care given by self and the resident care team.
• Participates in patient and resident care through procedures within the scope of training and practice, according to state and federal regulations and facility policies and procedures.
• Assures quality of care by supervising, directing, and motivating the CNA staff in their charge according to the plan of care and policies and procedures.
• Reviews CNA resident assignments at the beginning of the shift and performs ongoing evaluation of residents’ needs; communicates to CNAs throughout the shift.
• Provides feedback to the DON regarding performance of nursing assistants or other care staff.
• Communicates staffing problems and needs to the Director of Nursing.
• Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
• Performs all aspects of resident care in an environment that optimizes resident safety and reduces medical/health care errors.
• Leads development, implementation, and evaluation of residents’ care plans with the interdisciplinary team and protects residents from neglect and abuse.
• Promotes residents’ rights, improves quality of life and self-worth, and involves residents in decisions affecting their care.
• Involves residents and families in planning for care, treatment, teaching needs, and discharge plans; initiates and leads resident care conferences and updates the plan of care as appropriate.
• Leads CNAs and LPNs/LVNs by delegating in a manner that contributes to unit excellence.

• Assesses residents on admission and ensures nursing assessment is completed within 24 hours and other assessments within 72 hours; submits documentation timely and clearly.
• Treats residents and families with respect and dignity; addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs.
• Provides direct patient care per physician orders and resident needs, including administration of medications, treatments, therapies, ADLs, and nursing care per standards.
• Identifies and reports changes in condition to the attending or on-call physician, the DON, and family; documents changes in the medical record.
• Assesses and reassesses pain; utilizes pain management techniques and educates residents and families on pain management.
• Completes monthly nursing summaries and quarterly assessments, documents including Minimum Data Sets as required.
• Ensures physician orders are performed in a timely manner;…