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Introduction

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center is committed to investing in the latest technology enabling nurses to work more efficiently. Are you passionate about delivering patient-centered care? Submit your application for our RN Rapid Response Part Time position and spend more time at the bedside with the patient.

Benefits

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

You contribute to our success let us contribute to yours! Whether you choose to focus on bedside care, a leadership or C-suite role, shape business and operational outcomes, or work to deliver clinical excellence behind the scenes in data science, case management or transfer centers. Unlock your potential at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Rapid Response Nurse you will be part of a health care team that delivers nursing and collaborative medical aspects of care to specific populations within the scope of care delineated by the licensing board and professional standards of care. Rapid Responders collaborate with physicians, nurse practitioners, and interdisciplinary team members to review the plan of care, intervene when necessary to ensure adequate delivery of quality/cost-effective care, and maintain continuity of care through appropriate referral and follow-up.

In this role you will:

• Respond to RRT and Code Blue events collaborating with the ICU charge nurse and house supervisor to address emergent patient needs throughout the hospital and support other time-critical patient events as needed.
• Act as a clinical support resource RN and provide support and education to bedside nurses. The Rapid Response nurse should never be used as the procedure nurse, rather as a facilitator to the primary nurse.
• Communicate daily with each charge nurse to identify high-risk patients.
• Round on all medical-surgical units three times a shift to address MEWS scores and questions and/or staff concerns.
• Assess all “at-risk” patients as identified by MEWS score increases
• Monitor surgery schedule and round on any “at-risk” post-op patients
• Round on all patients who have been transferred out of the ICU within the last 24 hours
• Facilitate debriefings/critiques post codes
• Complete 24 hours post-RRT/Code Blue follow up documentation
• Refer patient complaints to appropriate Unit Managers
• Utilize chain of command to ensure appropriate action is taken
• Facilitate a staff satisfaction feedback system for RRT
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited program of nursing: associate degree or baccalaureate program. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Current Idaho State RN license in good standing.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification preferred. Must obtain BLS or BCLS on hire
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support Course (ALS or ACLS) and Certification preferred. Must obtain ALS or ACLS is required within 90 days of hire
• NIH Stroke Scale Certification
• CCRN, CNRN, and/or CEN preferred; required after 6 months completion in position
• PALS within 90 days of hire
• Minimum of 2 years professional nursing experience in Intensive Care or Emergency Department

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC) is a full-service hospital with 318+ patient beds. Our hospital is the largest medical facility in the region. We serve southeast Idaho, western Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, and parts of Montana. Our facility has an ER, a Level II Trauma Center, a Level 1 ICU (one of two in Idaho), and the only Burn Center in the state of Idaho. We have the region’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for critically ill children. Our 74-bed Behavioral Health Center offers inpatient and outpatient mental health care for adolescents and adults.

We are part of the HCA Healthcare network - which includes more than 300 affiliate facilities across the country – offering our colleagues the opportunity for travel and relocation. HCA Healthcare and EIRMC are all about caring for people. This care extends to patients, families, and colleagues.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our RN Rapid Response Part Time opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.