SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL
Location
Scott City, Kansas
The Registered Nurse supervises and coordinates patient care across various departments, including assessments, medication administration, and documentation. They implement and evaluate care plans in collaboration with healthcare providers and ensure continuity of care.
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited nursing school with current RN licensure in Kansas. They should possess strong customer service skills, teamwork abilities, and adhere to ethical standards in patient care.
The Registered Nurse (RN) on the Med/Surg floor delivers comprehensive, patient-centered care across a range of conditions and acuity levels. This role is responsible for assessing patients, administering medications and treatments, coordinating care plans with providers and care team, and accurately documenting all interventions. The RN utilizes strong clinical skills – including IV therapy, wound care, cardiac monitoring, and general medical-surgical procedures – while applying critical thinking and sound judgement to promote optimal patient outcomes. Success in this role requires effective communication, teamwork, and a commitment to providing compassionate, high-quality care in alignment with organizational standards and values.
How You’ll Make an Impact As a Staff RN, you make a direct impact by delivering safe, compassionate care that supports healing and improves patient outcomes. You ensure each patient receives attentive, coordinated treatment while advocating for their needs and comfort. Through your clinical expertise, teamwork, and communication, you help create a positive care experience for patients and their families every day.
Graduate of an accredited nursing school. Current Kansas State RN License required. BLS required within 1 month of hire, ACLS and PALS required within 6 months of hire. Knowledge of general nursing theory, practices, and clinical care standards. Ability to apply and adapt nursing practices to a variety of patient care needs. Who You Are Energetic, engaged, and committed to delivering high-quality patient care. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with diverse personalities. Tactful, mature, and adaptable in dynamic and fast-paced environments. Strong critical thinking skills with sound clinical judgement and discretion. Clear and effective communicator. Organized, resourceful, and able to manage competing priorities. Collaborative team player who supports a team-based care approach. Decisive and accountable while aligning organizational priorities. Patient – and service-focused, with the ability to be appropriately assertive when advocating for care. Maintains a consistently professional appearance and demeanor. Skills & Capabilities Strong clinical assessment skills to identify patient needs and changes in condition. Ability to apply nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) in patient care. Competence in safe medication administration and treatment delivery. Proficiency in clinical procedures (e.g., IV therapy, wound care, monitoring, and basic to advanced bedside skills as applicable to unit). Critical thinking and clinical judgement to prioritize care and respond to changing conditions. Effective communication skills with patient, families, and interdisciplinary teams. Ability to coordinate and manage patient care across multiple providers and disciplines. Strong documentation skills ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant charting. Patient education skills to support understanding of conditions, treatments, and discharge needs. Teamwork and collaboration in a fast-paced, dynamic healthcare environment. Organization skills to manage multiple patients and competing priorities safely. Commitment to patient safety, quality care, and evidence-based practice. Emotional resilience and professionalism in high-stress situations. Ability to advocate for patients while maintaining ethical and compassionate care.
Schedule: Full-time RN’s are expected to work 36-40 hours per week. Rotating schedule includes weekends and holidays. Regular and punctual attendance is required. Part-time RN’s are expected to work 2 shifts per week, including one weekend per month and one major and minor holiday per year. Regular and punctual attendance is required PRN RN’s work shifts as they are able. No guaranteed hours. Punctual attendance is required. Physical Requirements: Frequent use of hands and fingers, adequate visual ability, manual dexterity for gripping, handling, reaching, and manipulating objects. Frequent standing and walking, intermittent sitting. Occasional full body movement, stretching, reaching, bending. Frequently lifts/carries, pushes/pulls 5-25 pounds; occasionally 26-50 pounds; rarely up to 100 pounds. Occasional holding of 5-10 pounds; rare lifting over 11 pounds.
Ability to operate equipment safely.
Acknowledgment I acknowledge that I have reviewed and understand the contents of this job description. I understand that this document may be revised at the organization’s discretion and does not constitute a contract of employment. Employment is at will and may be changed with or without notice, including but not limited to duties, location, compensation, benefits, or employment status.
Scott County Hospital is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
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