Long Term Care Registered Nurse
Sault Sainte Marie, MI
PRIDE Health
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse (RN) - Long Term Care (LTC)

Location: Sault St. Marie, Michigan
Employment Type: Temporary
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

The Registered Nurse provides professional and comprehensive nursing care within the scope of agency services, focusing on patients requiring skilled clinical care. Responsibilities include:

• Regularly assessing patient needs and providing skilled nursing services as prescribed by physician orders and nursing standards (20%)
• Initiating and revising plans of care for assigned patients (10%)
• Providing medication management and assessing therapeutic responses (35%)
• Coordinating patient care by evaluating outcomes and providing ongoing feedback to the care team (15%)
• Collaborating with Certified Nurse Aides (CNA) and interdisciplinary team members (15%)
• Notifying physicians of changes in patient condition and obtaining new orders as needed (5%)

Requirements

• Specialty: Registered Nurse (RN) in Long Term Care (LTC)
• Experience: Minimum 2+ years of Long Term Care experience required
• Licensure: Active Michigan RN license (LARA and/or Nursys verification required)
• Certifications: Current American Heart Association BLS certification required
• References: 2 supervisory reference forms completed within the last two years
• Skills Documentation: Skills checklist relevant to LTC, current within 1 year
• Scheduling: All scheduling requests must be made at the time of application; no special scheduling requests will be approved after offer
• Location Restriction: Candidates must be outside a 100-mile radius of the facility (local candidates will not be considered)

Additional Information

• EMR system used: Epic
• Facility size: 49-bed hospital specializing in rural medicine
• Dress code: Purple
• Focus on high reliability and safety culture to improve healthcare quality

Prior Travel Experience

• No explicit requirement for prior travel experience mentioned.