Registered Nurse Extended Care
Miles City, MT
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: RN - Extended Care

Location: Miles City, Montana
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing

Job Summary

• Provide holistic nursing care focusing on the individual’s role in family, culture, and society.
• Utilize the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Advocate for residents by ensuring they and/or their representatives have adequate information for health decisions.
• Coordinate total care to help residents achieve or maintain their highest practicable level of function.
• Maintain quality of resident care according to legal and professional standards.
• Serve as a role model to other healthcare team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Complete age-specific admission history, physical assessments, and nursing care plans for assigned residents.
• Analyze clinical data (labs, x-rays, diagnostics) to create individualized care plans.
• Identify and document residents at risk for nutritional and functional decline.
• Recognize and report signs of neglect or abuse (child, domestic, elder).
• Set priorities and review daily care plans in collaboration with residents, families, and healthcare team.
• Delegate tasks based on resident needs and staff capabilities.
• Communicate with physicians to coordinate medical and nursing care plans.
• Demonstrate competence in technical nursing skills and manage urgent/emergent situations.
• Administer medications and IVs per scope of practice and policy.
• Document nursing interventions, resident responses, and outcomes.
• Evaluate and revise care plans as resident needs change.
• Provide patient and family education, including discharge planning and coordination.
• Maintain knowledge of CMS regulations, Medicare skilled care, and MDS criteria to ensure compliant documentation.
• Incorporate resident preferences into care delivery and delegate tasks appropriately.
• Supervise, coach, counsel, and evaluate assigned CNA staff.

Required Skills & Experience

• Ability to read and write sufficiently to fulfill documentation requirements.
• Physical ability to perform job duties including standing, walking, sitting, pushing/pulling over 100 lbs., lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs., stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, filing, typing, and talking.
• Hearing and color vision adequate for job functions.

Contract Length

• 13 weeks

Specialty & Experience Requirements

• Specialty: Registered Nurse (RN) - Extended Care
• Required Years of Experience: Not explicitly stated; assume minimum standard for extended care RN roles (typically 1+ years). No conflicting data present.

Prior Travel Experience

• Not required or specified.

This position is ideal for RNs experienced in extended care nursing who are comfortable with comprehensive resident assessments, care planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration in a long-term care setting.