Registered Nurse (RN) - Assistant Manager, ED - Emergency Department
St. Luke's Health System
Ketchum, ID
3x12 hrs

Our state-of-the-art facility in the Wood River Valley is looking for an experienced Emergency Services Assistant Nurse Manager to lead our team of talented nurses to care for the needs of our community.  You will work in collaboration with other leaders in the Med/Surg and Mother Baby departments in this critical access hospital.

Our Emergency Department received Avatar’s “Five Star Service – Loyalty and Endorsement Award.” This award is given to the facility with the highest score for Emergency Room patients in Avatar’s national database.

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St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center is nestled in the beautiful, mountain town of Ketchum, Idaho.  Here you will find the world-renowned Sun Valley resort, our neighboring Sawtooth Recreation Area Headquarters, and many other highly sought after outdoor destinations.  Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast or simply enjoy small town living, this place has it all. 

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What we're looking for:

• Experienced RN in Emergency Services
• Bachelor's of Nursing Degree (BSN)
• High energy, flexible leader
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Community-focused

What we can offer:

• Competitive wages
• 15% geographical differential
• Sign-on incentive bonus
• Relocation money
• Generous paid time off
• Affordable Health Care plans
• Dental, vision, life insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with matching 401(a)
• Performance Incentive Plan (PIP)
• Continuing Education scholarships; including conferences, certification, license 
• Ski passes
• Supportive community family

Schedule:  This is a full-time, 1.0 FTE (40 hour week) dayshift; with direct reports.  

Unit Specifics:  This unit has 10 beds and has around 8000 visits annually. RN to patient ratio is 1:3.  RNs can cross-train to Med/Surg and Post-partum.  

St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center is the only facility in Idaho, of its size, to have board certified emergency physicians providing care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Pay:  Hourly rate dependent on experience level.  Eligible for sign on and relocation bonuses for new hires

Responsibilities:

The Assistant Nurse Manager is responsible for managing, developing and engaging staff on designated unit or units based on size, ensuring best practice are followed with adherence to established policies and procedures.  

• Accountable for achieving harm index, compliance to evidence-based protocols, patient safety, HCAPS, rounding, vacancy, turnover, productivity, overtime, expense, work place safety and staff engagement performance metrics.
• Makes staff assignments to align with staff competencies to ensure appropriate patient care and actively manages staff each shift.  Works with Nursing Manager and Staffing Office to determine staffing needs.
• Provides guidance, mentoring, coaching and development of staff, and ensures execution of action plans to improve staff development and employee engagement. Works with staff to promote resolution of conflicts and counsels staff when clinical practice standards are not met.
• Assists in the hiring and onboarding process, as well as contributes to performance evaluations and staff management, as delegated by the Nursing Manager.
• Provides increased leadership visibility through actively engaging in real-time patient rounding, to support coaching and mentoring of the patient care team.
• Initiate and foster continuous improvement within department. Identify and resolve patient/customer satisfaction issues and complaints.
• Ensure compliance with regulations governing hospitals/area/service and practice/area/ service. Ensure that policy, procedures and standards are developed, implemented and maintained.
• Ensures communication of program priorities, policies, and procedures across team to ensure consistent patient experience and optimal outcomes.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. atl 

   

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors of Science in Nursing
• Experience: 3 years nursing experience: Emergency Nursing preferred
• Licenses/Certifications: Current RN License required and Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Heart Association or American Red Cross

   

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Virgin Pulse Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.