Registered Nurse (RN) - Resource Pool, Per Diem

About the role

Samaritan is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team. This is a per diem position working variable hours and shifts per week.

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.
• Maintains professional appearance meeting the standards necessary to perform the job function while representing the organization.

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.
• Department RN Preferred Qualifications & Competencies: Resource RN need to obtain all of the certifications applicable to the nursing units to which they have been trained.

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.
• Able 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.