Blue Mountain Hospital District
Community Hospital · John Day, Oregon
- 1
- open role, live count
- 25
- beds
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Per-diem 1
Benefits
Retirement accounts with 5% employer match; medical via Moda Health; HRA VEBA opt-out; vision; voluntary dental; basic life; AD&D; AirMed membership; Life Flight discount; VTO; gym discount. RN sign-on bonus of $10,000 has been advertised.
Who they are
You are walking into Blue Mountain Hospital District in John Day, Oregon—a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital at 170 Ford Road that also runs Strawberry Wilderness Community Clinic, Home Care & Hospice, EMS, and a 40-bed Care Center in Prairie City.
- Community Hospital · John Day, Oregon
- Hiring per-diem
More about Blue Mountain Hospital District
If you are a new graduate RN, the path here is a structured orientation and mentorship that expects you to cross-train across the Emergency Department, Labor & Delivery/Post-Partum/Nursery, and Med-Surg/Swing Bed, working beside experienced nurses and providers on real rural cases rather than a single locked unit. Day to day you will chart in Cerner CommunityWorks. Schedules are posted as full-time, part-time, and casual/PRN; the family clinic NP role is written as 40 hours a week with no on-call and no weekends. Benefits on the careers page include retirement accounts with a 5% employer match, medical through Moda Health, HRA VEBA opt-out, vision, voluntary dental, basic life, AD&D, AirMed membership, Life Flight discount, VTO, and a gym discount. A $10,000 RN sign-on bonus has been advertised. Healthcare workers here have voted to unionize. This is also a small district under real financial pressure. In September 2025 leadership announced nine layoffs across clinical and leadership roles, pointing to operating losses, low utilization, rising costs, and Medicaid uncertainty. Nurses on Indeed have rated the employer 3.8/5 across 29 reviews and described coworkers as family and feeling more valued than at larger hospitals—while pay/benefits, work-life, management, and culture scores sit in the mid-3s. You apply through the official form at bluemountainhospital.org/apply/.
Why nurses stay
How they describe the culture
What nurses say in reviews
Indeed shows an overall 3.8/5 from 29 reviews; RNs have described feeling more valued than at larger hospitals and coworkers as family. Detailed scores: pay/benefits 3.7, work-life 3.6, management and job security 3.4, culture 3.5.
The good
- New-grad RN structured orientation and mentorship with cross-training in ER, OB, and Med-Surg/Swing Bed
- $10,000 RN sign-on bonus has been offered
- Retirement accounts with 5% employer match plus Moda medical, HRA VEBA, vision, life, AD&D, and AirMed
- Full-time, part-time, and casual/PRN options; clinic NP role is 40 hours with no on-call or weekends
- Unionized workforce after workers voted to organize
- Nurses report feeling valued and describing coworkers as family (3.8/5 from 29 Indeed reviews)
The hard parts
- September 2025 layoffs of nine clinical and leadership roles amid operating losses and Medicaid uncertainty
- Rural expectation that new-grad RNs float and cross-train across multiple specialties as needed
- Indeed detail scores for management/job security (3.4) and culture (3.5) sit only in the mid-3s
- No formal accredited residency label—orientation is structured mentorship, not a named residency program
“I came for the sign-on bonus. I stayed because on my hardest night, my whole team stayed with me.”
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Jul 31, 2026
- Website
- bluemountainhospital.org ↗
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John Day, Oregon
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