Travel Nurse RN - Transitional Care Unit
Miles City, MT
Integrated Healthcare Services
3x12 hrs, Days

Job Opportunity: RN - Extended Care

Location

• Montana, Miles City

Employment Details

• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Day shift, 12 hours per day
• Hours per week: 36

Job Summary

• Provide holistic, age-specific nursing care using the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Advocate for residents by ensuring they and/or their representatives have adequate information to make health decisions.
• Coordinate total care to help residents achieve or maintain their highest practicable level of function.
• Maintain quality of resident care in compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Serve as a role model to other healthcare team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Complete admission history, physical assessments, and nursing care plans for assigned residents.
• Analyze clinical data (labs, x-rays, diagnostics) to develop individualized care plans.
• Identify and document residents at risk for nutritional or functional decline.
• Recognize and report signs of neglect or abuse (child, domestic, elder).
• Collaborate with residents, families, and healthcare team to set and review daily care priorities.
• Delegate tasks appropriately to team members based on resident needs and staff competencies.
• Communicate with physicians to coordinate medical and nursing care plans.
• Perform technical nursing skills competently, including medication and IV administration per scope of practice.
• Manage urgent and emergent resident care situations proactively.
• Document nursing interventions, resident responses, and outcomes.
• Evaluate and revise care plans as resident needs change.
• Provide education to residents and families based on assessed learning needs.
• Coordinate discharge planning and related documentation.
• Maintain knowledge of CMS regulations, Medicare skilled care, and MDS criteria to ensure compliant documentation.
• Supervise, coach, counsel, and evaluate assigned CNA staff.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Montana.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing school.
• Minimum of 1 year of skilled nursing experience, including experience within the last year.
• Experience in long-term care settings.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.