Registered Nurse (RN): Banner Health

BANNER HEALTH'S INNOVATION IS TRANSFORMING MEDICAL CARE AND CAREERS.

Innovation is what makes us a leader, but our employees are what define us as the best. At Banner Health, we strongly believe in making a difference in our employees' lives and careers so they can make a difference in the lives of others. We are committed to providing satisfying and successful careers to our healthcare professionals by offering ongoing career growth, lifestyle options, innovative environments, comprehensive benefits and more. Make your next career move a Journey of a Lifetime with Banner Health.

Career Growth
Empowering employees to develop and thrive is a cornerstone of Banner Health's success. That's why we offer ongoing education programs to help you stay informed on current trends and practices in the medical world.

Lifestyle
Do you prefer small towns or big cities? Deserts or mountains? With locations throughout seven Western states, we offer a lifestyle specifically for you.

Innovation
We believe that providing leading-edge technologies and state-of-the-art facilities enables us to give the best care possible. At Banner Health, you will have all the resources you need to make a difference in the lives of others.

Benefits
We provide competitive salaries and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans as well as relocation assistance, loan forgiveness programs, on-site child care at selected facilities and more.

Our continuing commitment to make a difference in our employees' lives and careers has made us the proud recipient of a 2009 Gallup Great Workplace Award - one of only 23 companies in the world presented with this recognition.

Registered Nurse (RN) 70135

Great things truly do come in small packages. At Banner Health in Torrington, Wyoming we believe that providing our patients and residents with excellent care is a team effort. Here you will find a different type of opportunity - the chance to step back, and take a breath. Boasting a nurse to patient ratio that is among the best in the nation (1:3.1), we are a 25-bed critical access hospital and a 75-bed long-term care facility. We have provided thoughtful care to the residents of southeast Wyoming and the bordering Nebraska communities since 1949. Now, with a new 28-bed Alzheimer Unit and an $8.9 million expansion underway, we are at an exciting and pivotal point in our development.

Banner Health is a healthcare system with 20 hospitals located in 7 states. Torrington is located in Goshen County, Wyoming. Experience the vast recreational opportunities of Wyoming, including many lakes and the nearby Laramie Peak and Medicine Bow National Forest areas. Colorado's Rocky Mountains and only 3 hours drive from Denver.

Pay opportunity is: $20.30 - $32.43 per hour.

1. Member of the Profession: The RN is accountable for the ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities related to nursing practice. The RN supervises and is accountable for the continuum of nursing care, including, but not limited to LPN and CNA practice.
2. Provider: The RN, using identified standards of practice based on the nursing process, helps the patient/resident/family/consumer to identify and to meet basic health needs in a wide variety of settings. The RN coordinates care of the patient/resident/family/consumer using an interdisciplinary holistic approach.
3. Advocate: The RN promotes a climate in which patients/residents/families/consumers may act in their own interest and intervenes when patients/residents/families/consumers are unable to act in their own interest.
4. Manager: The RN as manager works to achieve desired outcomes through coordination of patient/resident/family/consumer care with the effective use of personnel, equipment, supplies and work systems.
5. Educator: The RN, using the nursing process, provides patient/resident/family/consumer education using a wide range of teaching methods to promote health in a variety of settings.

• Education/Experience: Graduate of an approved school of nursing required.

• Other qualifications/certificate/license: Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Wyoming.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification.

• Additional credentials/certifications may be required for specialty areas.

EOE/AA