Hospital RN

Now Hiring: Hospital Registered Nurse (RN) – Join Our Supportive, High-Performing Team

Are you a skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) looking for a rewarding hospital career in a rural setting?

At Glacial Ridge Health System, we’re hiring experienced RNs to join our close-knit care team. As a critical access hospital, we deliver high-quality, patient-centered care—where every nurse plays a vital role and every shift makes a difference.

You’ll have the opportunity to provide well-rounded nursing care, using the full scope of the nursing process with each and every patient. Whether working in Critical Care (CCU), Obstetrics (OB), Emergency Room (ER), or Post-Anesthesia Recovery (PAR), your role will be engaging, impactful, and rewarding.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us:

  • We’re a team that has each other’s backs—strong collaboration, great communication, and genuine camaraderie define our culture.
  • We work hard, but we also laugh often. Our positive environment helps us provide the best care for our patients.
  • We’re committed to a high level of quality care, where your clinical skills and attention to detail are truly valued.
  • You’ll make a real difference in a close-knit rural community, where your skills are valued and your work is appreciated.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Current RN license within the state of Minnesota.
  • 3+ years of hospital nursing experience.
  • Experience in a critical access or rural hospital setting is preferred.
  • A team player with strong clinical skills and a passion for patient care.

Apply today and bring your skills where they matter most—across every unit, for every patient. At Glacial Ridge Hospital, nursing is personal, purposeful, and part of something bigger. Join a team that feels like family.

Duties and Responsibilities

Technical Knowledge

  • Prepares and revises patient care for assigned patients and follows through with it.
  • Keeps up to date on the latest nursing techniques and equipment. Attends at least six (6) nursing personnel meetings each year.
  • Often provides technical information to colleagues, especially regarding special care areas such as CCU, OB, ER, and PAR.
  • Recognize, interpret, record, and report significant data regarding the patient’s condition.
  • Assists in development of patient care policy and procedures as requested.
  • Successfully completes appropriate professional trauma education (Example: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CATN), or in-house training meeting the objectives specified by the Minnesota Trauma Program guidance.

Interpersonal Relationships

  • Seeks others’ opinions readily regarding patient care and needs and plan of care.
  • Respect other peoples’ ability of judgment, i.e., during peer review.
  • Interacts appropriately with visitors, families and other departmental personnel.

Resistance to Work Pressures

  • Provides a high degree of professional patient care, especially in special care areas: CCU, OB, ER, and PAR.
  • Makes sound decisions under conditions of stress or pressure.
  • Accepts additional assignments without being unduly distressed.

Rules and Policy

  • Follows policy and procedures for nursing interventions especially in special care areas; CCU, OB, ER, and PAR
  • Knows and strives to meet written standards of patient care.
  • Knows and follows the correct format for charting.
  • Utilizes equipment and resources appropriately.

Professional Output

  • Develops and revises the plan of care for assigned patients and implements and evaluates same.
  • Reports patient care concerns and condition changes to appropriate personnel i.e., Charge Nurse, DON, Medical Providers.
  • Meets and exceeds written standards of patient care.
  • Ensures a safe work environment by cleaning, restocking, and monitoring conditions, especially in special care areas.
  • Assist with orientation of new employees.

Motivation

  • Does additional reading or study on an unusual patient problem or condition.
  • Participates in learning/teaching opportunities with other staff, i.e. LPN, NAA, or community members.
  • Assumes professional responsibility for every assignment.
Qualifications
  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
  • Current RN license within the state of Minnesota.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within 3 months of hire.
  • Clinical experience: 3+ years of hospital nursing experience.
  • Experience in a critical access or rural hospital setting is preferred.
  • A team player with strong clinical skills and a passion for patient care.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to maintain good working relationships with staff.
  • Ability to read and communicate effectively.
  • Strong written and verbal skills.
  • Basic computer knowledge.
  • Decision-making and problem-solving.
  • Team building.
Performance Standards
  • Must adhere to HIPAA confidentiality standards.
  • Must adhere to the Keys to Heartfelt Care.
  • Must be able to perform the physical requirements of the position.

Schedule

  • Full-Time, 64-80 per pay period.
  • Rotating shifts, holidays, and every third weekend.

What We Offer

  • Pay Range $41.90 – $62.58 per hour.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • A supportive and positive work culture.

How to Apply

  • Apply Online
  • Download, print, and mail completed application or resume to Jenna Janu, HR Manager, 10 Fourth Ave SE, Glenwood, MN 56334

GRHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Glacial Ridge Health System

Glacial Ridge Health System is located in Glenwood, Minnesota to provide Heartfelt Care to the surrounding communities, our patients, and our staff. As an independent level IV trauma center and acute stroke-ready hospital, we also provide a wide array of medical services, including clinics, homecare, hospice, and therapy. We’re doing big things at Glacial Ridge and are hiring new team members and medical professionals who are ready to provide heartfelt care!

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