Advanced Urgent Care RN (30 hours/week Bellevue)

Pay

• Competitive wages
• $2.00/hour Acute Care Premium (Urgent Care, Perioperative Services and Capitol Hill Inpatient Unit)
• $2.00/hour Location Premium for onsite work at Bellevue Medical Center and Capitol Hill Campus

Schedule

Week 1: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; Week 2: Friday, Saturday (30 hours/week).

Job Summary

Provide nursing care to a defined group of patients, adhering to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington ambulatory Nursing Care Standards, the Nursing Code of Ethics, and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington policies. Coordinate and facilitate health‑care services for the patient across the health‑care delivery system. The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the health‑care team, overseeing and participating in patient assessment and the formulation and implementation of the care plan. The Urgent Care RN will provide care in a fast‑paced, high‑acuity environment that acts similarly to a free‑standing emergency department, serving patients of all ages—from neonates to geriatrics—with a wide variety of chief complaints.

Essential Responsibilities

• Using the nursing process, provide ongoing assessment of the nursing care needs of a defined group of patients and document nursing diagnoses.
• Develop a written plan of care for patient care needs and assist patients and families in establishing health‑care goals.
• Determine priorities of patient care based on essential needs and available resources.
• Provide nursing interventions safely and competently, offering information to patients and families prior to interventions.
• Provide telephone consultation to patients and families.
• Continuously evaluate patients’ responses to care, anticipate and recognize changes in status, and modify the plan of care in collaboration with the health‑care team.
• Demonstrate understanding of physiologic and psychological effects of normal aging; assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric populations.
• Communicate effectively with age‑specific patient populations and identify personal learning needs related to those groups.
• Collaborate, communicate, and coordinate with other health‑care team members in planning and implementing care.
• Assess needs of patients requiring hospitalization; initiate nursing admission documentation and discharge planning with inpatient staff and physicians.
• Recognize and address psychosocial, cultural, and emotional needs of patients and families in each interaction.
• Orient patients and families to the role of the professional nurse, available nursing services, and the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
• Identify patients’ educational needs, develop educational components for each care plan, and provide teaching/counseling aligned with learning needs and the medical plan of care.
• Encourage patient compliance with therapeutic and medical regimens; assess lifestyle risk factors and integrate health promotion and preventive measures.
• Work with patients to develop plans to improve general health status, implement physical and psychological preventive measures, and promote self‑care responsibility.
• Adhere to KFHPW documentation, safety, and infection‑control standards, including reporting communicable diseases.
• Identify personal learning needs and participate in continued education programs.
• Participate in staff orientation, student education activities, and performance reviews.
• Assure quality of care through development, implementation, and evaluation of professional nursing standards and participation in multidisciplinary quality‑assurance activities.
• Engage in professional activities, nursing research, and incorporate research findings into practice.
• Follow KFHPW personnel policies, maintain professional work habits, and adhere to the dress code policy.

Basic Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Registered Nurse license (Washington) or Compact RN license required at hire.
• Basic Life Support certification required at hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within 6 months of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification required at hire.
• Strong communication, problem‑solving, leadership, and decision‑making skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ambulatory care nursing experience.
• Primary nursing or case‑management experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Emergency department nursing experience.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification at hire.

Location: Bellevue, Washington – Kaiser.