Advanced Urgent Care RN (36 hours/week Tacoma)

Additional pay benefits for SEIU represented roles, full and part time: $2.00/hour Acute Care Premium (Urgent Care, Perioperative Services and Capitol Hill Inpatient Unit). Premiums apply Week 1: Thurs, Fri, Sat; Week 2: Sun, Tues, Wed.

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 Foundation Health Plan of Washington policies. Coordinate and facilitate health care services for the patient in other segments of the health care delivery system. The Urgent Care RN will provide care in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment that acts similarly to a free-standing emergency department. Patient populations will include all ages, from neonates to geriatrics, with a large variety of chief complaints ranging from neurological, cardiac, and minor injury or illness. Ability to quickly prioritize and use critical thinking and clinical judgment to provide emergent and urgent care.

Responsibilities

• Using the nursing process, provides ongoing assessment of the nursing care needs of a defined group of patients.
• Uses nursing diagnosis to describe this assessment and develops a written plan of care for patient care needs.
• Assists patients and families/significant others in developing health care goals which are part of the individualized plan of care.
• Determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available resources.
• Provides nursing interventions safely and competently, including providing information preceding interventions.
• Provides telephone consultation to patients and family/significant others.
• Provides ongoing evaluation of the patient's response to care, anticipates and recognizes changes in patient status, and modifies the individual plan of care in collaboration with the health care team.
• Demonstrates understanding of the physiologic and psychological effects of normal aging and provides care to meet the needs of those populations served.
• Collaborates, communicates, and coordinates with other health care team members in planning and implementing care.
• Assesses the needs of designated patients requiring hospitalization; initiates nursing admission database and discharge planning in collaboration with inpatient staff and physician.
• Communicates recognition of the patients and family/significant others psychosocial, cultural, and emotional needs in each nurse-patient interaction.
• Orients patients and family/significant others to the role of the professional nurse, other health care team members, and available nursing services.
• Identifies the patients' educational needs, develops an educational component for each nursing care plan, and provides teaching/counseling congruent with patients' learning needs.
• Encourages patient compliance with therapeutic and medical regimens.
• Assesses patient lifestyle risk factors and integrates health promotion and preventive aspects of care with ongoing assessment.
• Works with patients to develop a plan to improve general health status and promotes patient self-care responsibility.
• Adheres to KFHPW documentation, safety, and infection control standards.
• Identifies own learning needs and participates in continued education programs to meet those needs.
• Participates in staff orientation, student education activities, and colleague/team performance reviews.
• Assures quality of care through development, implementation, and evaluation of professional nursing standards and participation in multidisciplinary quality assurance activities.
• Participates in professional activities, nursing research, and incorporates research findings into nursing practice.
• Adheres to KFHPW personnel policies and maintains a high standard of professional work habits, including appearance consistent with current KFHPW dress code policy.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Registered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire.
• Basic Life Support required at hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 6 months of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support required at hire.
• 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 at hire.

Pay

Competitive wages that reflect your value to the company, plus $2.00/hour Acute Care Premium for eligible shifts.

Schedule

36 hours per week, located in Tacoma, Washington.