Registered Nurse (RN) Family Birth Center, Full Time Nights

About the role

Samaritan is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team. This position is full-time, night shift, and variable days of the week. The position is designated as a Trauma Level III by the Washington State Department of Health (WSDH).

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/data collection, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, and cognitive status.
• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner by utilizing/adhering to pre-determined procedures, policies and care plans.
• Identifies patient/significant other learning needs, readiness for learning, and implements patient teaching as defined by policy and care plans.
• Documents in patient’s chart, via electronic medical records and/or paper processes, per policy and in accordance with all regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to patient/significant other and family rights, as identified by Samaritan Healthcare regardless of race, age, religion, color, creed, sex, national origin, or any other classification protected by law; and regardless of ability to pay.
• Demonstrates appropriate delegation of patient care activities. Functions effectively to supervise assigned coworkers.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• Functions with awareness of/adherence to safety requirements.
• Maintains self-compliance with organization policies and procedures as well as labor agreements.
• Ensures the interface with team members and other support groups is conducted in a courteous and efficient manner conducive with the organization’s values.
• Conducts self in a professional manner and ensures personal appearance meets the standards necessary to perform the job function while representing the organization.
• Handles additional accountabilities, as may be required, by management in a manner necessary to meet organizational standards.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Washington State RN Licensure.
• Experience as an acute care registered nurse preferred.
• Minimum one year of RN experience preferred for specialty nursing departments.
• Ability to perform the primary functions of a Registered Nurse in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of all assigned patients.
• HCP (Healthcare Provider) Level of BLS (Basic Life Support) within 30 days of hire – AHA or equivalent.
• RN-C in specialty preferred.

Department RN Preferred Qualifications & Competencies

• AAP NRP Advanced (American Academy of Pediatrics, Neonatal Resuscitation Program) is required for all RN’s working in MBU prior to the end of orientation and renewed every 2 years.
• STABLE course completion within 6 months of completing orientation, and renewed every 2 years.
• OB ALS online course taken within 6 months of completing L&D training and renewed every 2 years.
• AWHONN’s Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course for all L&D RNs is required and must be obtained within 3 months of completing L&D training and renewed every 2 years.
• Advanced Fetal Monitoring course is also acceptable.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent standing, walking, lifting, reaching, kneeling, bending, stooping, pushing and pulling.
• Manual dexterity, light physical effort, ability to lift/carry up to 30 lbs. (supplies and equipment).
• Manual dexterity of hands and feet to ambulate 8 to 12 hours per shift and adroitly manage multiple pieces of equipment/tubes/invasive lines.
• Physical strength to perform CPR (bed/floor), lift and push/pull 60 to 300 pounds (with assistance) as often as 20 times per 8 to 12 hours and perform constant walking, twisting, turning, and stretching maneuvers in patient care and use of equipment.
• Keen mental faculties to perform assessment and decision-making skills in the management of acutely ill patients.
• Good reading eyesight. Is able to see clearly 20 feet or more, to judge distance and space relationships, and to see peripherally.
• Visual acuity to observe patient assessment data and use manual/automated documentation tools.
• Emotional stability: Conducive to dealing with a high stress level for 8 to 12 hours at a time associated with caring for acute patients/families, fast-paced physical activity, rapidly changing patient conditions, emotional demands of patients and their families, and demands of maintaining effective working relationships with peers, managers, physicians, and other health care workers.
• Ability to communicate using verbal and/or written skills for accurate exchange of information with physicians, nurses, health care professionals, patients and/or family, and the public.

Competencies

• Critical thinking skills: Seeks resources for direction. Performs independent problem solving. Decision-making is logical and deliberate.
• Demonstrate accountability. Practices within legal and ethical guidelines.
• Crisis management.
• Demonstrate competency in ability to care for customers/patients across the age continuum.
• Demonstrate competency on equipment listed on department specific checklist.