Advanced Urgent Care RN (32 hours/week Tacoma)

Additional pay benefits for SEIU-represented roles (full and part-time): $2.00/hour Acute Care Premium for Urgent Care, Perioperative Services, and Capitol Hill Inpatient Unit.

About the Role

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 policies. Coordinate and facilitate healthcare services for patients across the healthcare delivery system. The Urgent Care RN will work in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment similar to a free-standing emergency department, serving patients of all ages (neonates to geriatrics) with a wide range of chief complaints, including neurological, cardiac, and minor injury or illness. Ability to quickly prioritize, use critical thinking, and exercise clinical judgment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Using the nursing process, assess ongoing nursing care needs for a defined group of patients and develop a written plan of care.
• Assist patients and families in developing healthcare goals as part of the individualized plan of care.
• Determine priorities of patient care based on essential needs and available resources.
• Provide safe and competent nursing interventions, including telephone consultation to patients and families.
• Evaluate patient responses to care and modify the plan in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Demonstrate understanding of the physiologic and psychological effects of aging and adapt care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric populations.
• Collaborate, communicate, and coordinate with healthcare team members to plan and implement care.
• Assess needs for patient hospitalization, initiate nursing admission database, and coordinate discharge planning.
• Communicate recognition of patients' and families' psychosocial, cultural, and emotional needs.
• Orient patients and families to nursing services, the role of the professional nurse, and access to services.
• Identify and address patients' educational needs, providing teaching and counseling aligned with learning needs and medical plans.
• Assess patient lifestyle risk factors and integrate health promotion and preventive care into the nursing plan.
• Promote patient self-care responsibility for meeting health needs.
• Adhere to documentation, safety, and infection control standards.
• Identify learning needs and participate in continuing education, staff orientation, and student education.
• Participate in performance reviews, quality assurance activities, and professional development, including nursing research.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Washington state Registered Nurse License (or Compact License) at hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification at hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 6 months of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) at hire.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, leadership, and decision-making skills.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Schedule

32 hours per week. Rotating schedule:

• Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
• Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Pay

Competitive wages that reflect your value to the company, including the $2.00/hour Acute Care Premium.