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Registered Nurse
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2024-0770
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VMC Main Campus
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Surgery
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Day/Evening
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Full Time
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1
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Renton, WA
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Min $42.58 - Max $77.80/hrly. DOE
Job Description:
JOB DESCRIPTION
The position description is a guide to the critical duties and essential functions of the job, not an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, qualifications, physical demands, and work environment conditions. Position descriptions are reviewed and revised to meet the changing needs of the organization.
TITLE: Registered Nurse
JOB OVERVIEW: The staff RN is a licensed professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. This individual provides safe, quality care to these patients utilizing the nursing process as the basis for clinical practice.
ROLE: See job description for Clinical Partner for generic job duties.
AREA OF ASSIGNMENT: Any patient care area.
HOURS OF WORK: Assigned tour of duty hours.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Manager/Supervisor
PREREQUISITES:
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Demonstrates leadership skills with ability to lead and manage a team, utilize clinical judgment, clinical inquiry, innovation, and systems thinking.
UNIQUE PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS, ENVIRONMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
Must be able to provide safe patient handling as defined in VMC's Safe Patient Handling guidelines and policies to safely and appropriately transfer or move patients (or objects) of varying abilities, weights, and amounts of staff assistance. Must be able to lift from the floor to overhead levels and carry items at waist level weight up to 40 pounds. Requires ability to participate in team lifting. Must be able to operate patient lifting equipment and patient handling devices accurately and safely. Requires the ability to stoop, bend, reach, crouch, and squat. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time as required for patient care, moving patients or supplies to other units, hourly rounding, bedside shift report and other nursing duties. Requires full body range of motion including ability to reach from floor to overhead levels, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Requires corrected vision, hearing to normal range, and ability to distinguish colors.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. GENERIC FUNCTIONS:
See generic job description for clinical partner.
B. UNIQUE JOB FUNCTIONS CHARGE NURSE:
Assesses, guides, directs, and facilitates workflow on the unit. Recognizes when it is necessary for the charge nurse to assume a patient assignment and assumes that role.
Make staff assignments that reflect patient acuity, continuity of patient care, staff competency and the necessity of admit, transfer and discharge activity inherent on all clinical units.
Mentors staff, float, and agency personnel regarding unit/department/hospital policies, procedures/standards and annual goals and objectives.
Monitors and evaluates nursing care given to each patient, by direct observation, consultation, and patient rounds.
Maintains awareness of Joint Commission standards, state codes, and practice acts. Routinely monitors documentation, compliance with standards, and facilitates rapid turn-around cycles.
PARTMENT OF PATIENT CARE SERVICES
CLINICAL PARTNER-REGISTERED NURSE
Originated 4/15/98
Revised 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 10/2015, 5/2021, 8/2021, 3/2022, 9/2022
CLINICAL PARTNER ADDENDUM - Registered Nurse
Unit Specific Requirements
ACLS within the first 90 days of employment
PALS within 6 months from the date of hire
TNCC within one year from the date of hire
NIHSS certification within 3 months of hire date
One year of experience in Emergency nursing preferred or successful completion of ED residency
ACLS within the first 90 days of employment
PALS within 6 months from the date of hire
TNCC one year from the date of hire
NIHSS certification within 3 months of hire date
Licensed Registered Nurse
ACLS Within 3 months of hire
NIHSS certification within 3 months of hire
Minimum of one year of experience in Emergency/Critical Care nursing required
ACLS within 6 months of hire
NIHSS certification within 3 months of hire
Licensed registered nurse
NRP within 3 months of hire
ACLS within 6 months of hire
Six months of labor and delivery experience as a registered nurse or successful completion of residency
NRP within 6 months of hire
ACLS within 6 months of hire
Licensed registered nurse
ECG interpretation competency within 3 months of hire
NIHSS certification within 3 months of hire
8 hours of Neuro education within 12 months of hire and annually thereafter
Successful completion of The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Oncology Fundamentals Course
Successful completion of The ONS Chemotherapy Biotherapy Course and VMC clinical chemotherapy competencies
Oncology Certification (OCN) for all RNs who administer chemotherapy within two years of hire
PALS within 6 months of hire
NRP within 6 months of hire
Licensed RN with less than 6 months of Pediatric nursing experience
ACLS within 3 months of hire
One Year experience in Radiology.
Experience in Emergency and Critical Care, preferred.
ACLS and PALS within 3 months of hire.
Minimum of one, but prefer two, years of experience in Critical Care, PACU, or Emergency Services
NRP and PALS within 3 months of hire
Minimum 1 year of experience in mother baby, level 2 NICU including CPAP, or pediatric nursing care
Must be competent to perform patient assignments in mother baby care, pediatrics, and level 2 NICU including CPAP within 6 months of hire
Job Qualifications:
PREREQUISITES:
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Demonstrates leadership skills with ability to lead and manage a team, utilize clinical judgment, clinical inquiry, innovation, and systems thinking.