Why Bozeman Health?
(Cross country skiers take advantage of the six miles of groomed Nordic ski trails after work, just across the street from Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center.)
Why Join Bozeman Health?
Work Where You Play
Find your home under the grandeur of the ‘Big Sky’ in Bozeman, Montana; named one of Time Magazine’s “World’s Greatest Places 2023”. The outdoor paradise sits in a valley at the foot of six mountain ranges and is just 90 minutes from Yellowstone National Park. In the summer, residents and tourists alike enjoy biking, hiking, rafting, golfing and fly fishing.
In the winter, the glistening snow-capped mountain scenery transforms Bozeman into a Hallmark Christmas movie setting. There’s world-class skiing at Big Sky Resort less than an hour away, and Bridger Bowl Ski Area less than 30 minutes away.
(Main Street runs through the heart of Downtown Bozeman, lined with boutique shops, cozy coffee spots, unique eateries, theaters and much more)
A Fit for Every Lifestyle
The vibrant college/ tech town is considered the epicenter for arts and culture in Montana; with a live music scene, summer festivals in the historic streets of downtown, museums, symphonies and opera. Bozeman’s restaurant scene includes world-renowned chefs and is alive with global eats like traditional French cafes, smoked BBQ, fresh sushi and poke, and Montana’s classic huckleberry ice cream available on every corner.
If a getaway is what you’re looking for, Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport BZN has direct flights to 20 major U.S. cities. In 2020, BZN added an additional 50% more gates, including the addition of Southwest Airlines.
Employee Housing, Yellowstone Landing
Bozeman Health Proudly Introduces “Employee Housing” with Yellowstone Landing. Now Open for Applications!
Yellowstone Landing a housing complex located on 15-acres across from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Belgrade, Montana. In an effort to demonstrate care for our care team members and to remain a competitive employer of choice in our community, we partnered with the developers in 2021 to make 45 workforce housing units available. These units consist of one to four-bedroom units as well as individual rooms for rent.
Education
(Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center is nestled in the heart of Big Sky, Montana, just 15 minutes from world class skiing at Big Sky Resort)
Healing in the Heart of Montana
Bozeman Health is an integrated health care delivery system serving an eleven-county region. It is our privilege to deliver expert, compassionate health and wellness services across the care continuum. As a nonprofit organization, governed by a volunteer community board of directors, we are the largest private employer in Gallatin County, with over 2,7000 employees, including 270 medical providers representing a broad spectrum of medical and surgical specialties. Bozeman Health operates two medical centers, Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center and Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center, and two neighborhood care centers, Cottonwood Clinic and Belgrade Clinic.
The health system also includes:
- Six Urgent Care & Micro Care Clinics
- Bozeman Health Medical Group
- Highland Park Medical Campus
- Bozeman Health Hillcrest Senior Living
- Outpatient Service Center
- Clinical Research Group
(Please note: B2 UrgentCare Big Sky is temporarily closed and will reopen June 13)
Meeting the Needs of Our Community
Deaconess Regional Medical Center is a 145-bed facility with:
- 10 ORs
- 20 – Bed ICU
- 25 – Bed Emergency Department (ED).
Deaconess Regional Medical Center has Level III ACS Trauma Center designation and is DNV accredited. Bozeman Health opened Southwest Montana’s first NICU in 2020 and a new Psychiatric Emergency Service unit in 2022.
Other new clinical offerings include Gynecologic Oncology, Pediatric Orthopedics and a Spine & Joint Institute. Bozeman Health is pursuing additional service line offerings including Neurosurgery, Orthopedic trauma care and an adult inpatient psychiatric unit, set to open in 2025.
Discover your Future with Bozeman Health
Thank you for exploring a career with us! Get in touch with our recruiting team to learn more about opportunities for employment with us or check out our open opportunities pages for open physician, nursing, or all open positions.
Don’t see what you’re looking for, contact a recruiter today.
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Working With Us
Welcome, we’re excited that you’re exploring a career with us. With more than 2,700 team members, Bozeman Health is proud to be Gallatin County’s largest private employer and Southwest Montana’s healthcare provider of choice.
As you explore the opportunities within our departments, you’ll find a dynamic environment where innovation meets empathy, and where every day presents a chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve.
Why Work With Us?
Health and Benefits
We reward your commitment to Bozeman Health with a total rewards package that includes a comprehensive employee benefits and well-being program. Employees and their eligible dependents may participate in health, dental and vision insurance plans plus tax-advantaged spending accounts, earned time off, and retirement plans. Each employee’s needs are unique, which is why Bozeman Health offers a variety of plans. Each health care plan covers pharmacy and mental health benefits.
Perks and Discounts
- Tuition reimbursement
- 20% discount on all Bozeman Health services including inpatient and outpatient services
- Discounts on medications at Highland Park Pharmacy
- Discounted gym memberships
- And much more!
Physicians & Advanced Practice Clinicians
We are looking for physicians who wish to make a significant impact in the lives of our patients, providing excellent, compassionate care, and who will work with physicians throughout Southwest Montana to expand care and ensure high-quality care is given close to home.
At Bozeman Health, we provide excellent, people-centered benefits. Living in Southwest Montana provides our physicians with the ability to care for patients in thoughtful, patient-centered care sites, while enjoying numerous activities right out the door.
Bozeman Health hospitals and care sites are within driving distance to a wide range of beautiful outdoor healthy life activities, including Bridger Bowl, Big Sky Resort, Gallatin Valley Land Trust’s Main Street to the Mountains trail system, Hyalite Reservoir, the Madison, Gallatin, and Jefferson rivers, golf courses, trails, and parks.
Peets Hill/Burke Park sits right behind Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital to the south. Additionally, during the winter months, Bridger Ski Foundation grooms nordic trails on Bozeman Health property in Highland Glen and to the west of the hospital in Sunset Hills, making a before or after shift ski very accessible.
Big Sky Medical Center sits in Big Sky Town Center, with golf courses and numerous trails close by, and just 12 minutes from Big Sky Resort.
Physicians are employed through Bozeman Health Medical Group.
Nursing Opportunities
We’d love to have you be part of our Bozeman Health community!
Philosophy
Our philosophy at Bozeman Health is patient-centered care, strong clinical judgment, and advocacy for the care of our patients, their families and the community. We aim to promote, improve, maintain or recover health, to cope with health problems and to achieve the best possible quality of life from the beginning of life all the way through a dignified death.
Our nurses practice six components of the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation and evaluation to provide and promote a healing environment. Members of the Division of Nursing are committed to resource driven practice to accomplish evidence-based care and outcomes while working collaboratively with other health professionals.
As members of the profession of nursing, we are accountable to the expectations of the American Nurses Association(ANA) Scope and Standards of Professional Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and the Montana Nurse Practice Act.
Practice Model
This model is the overarching framework for our nurses and nursing practice at Bozeman Health. It details how we practice, collaborate, communicate and develop professionally. It unifies our identity as nurses and provides a description of the theories from which to base practices and performance.
Theoretical Beliefs
Patient- and family-centered care means we meet the unique needs of each individual patient and family. This is done with respect and personal concern for what is most important to the patient and family, while safeguarding their dignity and well-being, and actively engaging them in all aspects of care.
We believe there can be no curing without caring. Establishing caring, therapeutic relationships with the patient and family, with our colleagues and with ourselves will fully allow us to provide a healing environment and deliver excellent patient care (Koloroutis, 2004).
Koloroutis, M., (Ed.). (2004). Relationship-based care: A model for transforming practice. Minneapolis, MN: Creative Health Care Management.
Shared Governance
Professional Development and Education
Continuing Education
Bozeman Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This allows us to provide local access to quality continuing education opportunities.
Certifications
Our direct-care nurses are above the national average for holding professional certifications, according to national database comparisons. Professional certification is heavily emphasized at this organization. Certification differential pay, preparation-course offerings and organizational recognition are a few ways we support and encourage high professional certification rates.
Program Overview
Transition to Practice is a Bozeman Health Health program developed to help all new graduate nurses hired into the health system bridge the gap from student to competent professional nurse over the first year of practice. The program is not unit specific, instead, tailored to the specific needs of the new graduate regardless of which department employed in.
Transition to Practice is a planned, comprehensive period of time during which newly licensed nurses can acquire the knowledge and skills to deliver safe, quality care that meets defined standards of practice as outlined by the competencies developed by the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies.
The Transition to Practice Program is offered in a supportive environment to help newly licensed nurses gain competence and confidence to become an integral member of the Bozeman Health team. Each month, new nurses come together to give mutual support, practice emerging nursing skills, and foster professional nursing practice. The Transition to Practice Program is a series of monthly 4-hour workshops held over nine months. Each session includes a time for community building among the residents, discussing the roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse, clinical skill development, building resilience, and self-care. Adapted Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies are integrated to measure knowledge and competency.
Nurse Residency Topics
Professional Nurse Competencies
- Patient-Centered Care
- Professionalism
- Leadership
- Systems-Based Practice
- Informatics and Technology
- Communication
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Safety
- Quality Improvement
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Mentoring
Clinical Skills
- Time Management
- Teamwork/Conflict Resolution
- First 2 Minutes of a Code
- Medication Safety
- IVs, Chest Tubes, Wound Care
- Pain management
- Blood Administration
- Other skills identified as needed by nurse residents
Expectation of the Transition to Practice Participant
- Actively participate in at least 80% of sessions and learning activities
- Actively participate in transition progress meetings with preceptor, department manager and/or nurse educator and nurse residency faculty
Continuing Nursing Education:
Criteria for successful completion:
- Sign attendance roster for each session attended.
- Complete Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Survey at beginning, mid-point and end of program.
- Complete evaluation survey at completion of program.
Participants will receive continuing nursing education contact hours equivalent to actual hours attended during the nine month program. Maximum contact hours awarded is 36.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Eligible?
- New graduate recently licensed Montana Registered Nurses with less than one year experience and/or no RN in-patient clinical work experience.
How do I apply?
- The licensed RN must have applied for and been awarded a position within Bozeman Health. Once hired, the newly graduate nurse will be automatically enrolled in the Transition to Practice Program. Information regarding the start of the next cohort will be communicated to the resident and their manager.
How often is the program offered?
- There are currently two cohorts per year, one in the early spring for December graduates, and one in the late summer for May graduates. The program has the ability to scale up the number of offerings based on volume and is subject to change.
- Used with permission of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Nurse of the Future Competency Committee, Boston, MA.
- Adapted from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Nurse of the Future Competency Committee. (2010). Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies. Boston: Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, Boston, MA.
The Nurse Residency Program is administered by the Bozeman Health Center for Education and Development
For more information or questions regarding the program, please contact us at (406) 414-5018 or email us at Education@bozemanhealth.org.
New Graduate Nurse Residency Program
Bozeman Health is proud to invest in the future of our nurses through our new graduate nurse residency program. Our program is designed to allow new graduate nurses the chance to explore and develop in their new role as a professional nurse. Through dedicated immersive clinical preceptorship and classroom-based professional development, our program is structured to offer new nurses support and to set them up for success as they advance from novice to expert.
Bozeman Health does expect all new graduate nurse residents to:
- Commit to attend all didactic and Transition to Practice classes
- Participate in appointed check-ins with their unit/department manager and other clinical leadership
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