RN
About the Role
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. You will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. Collaborate within an interdisciplinary team in a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
This role is ideal for a Medical Surgical Neuro Nurse seeking a challenge in Medical Surgical Telemetry, where you will encounter a variety of complex patient medical conditions and surgeries.
Responsibilities
- Adhere to departmental and hospital policies and procedures, including safety, risk management, and regulatory standards.
- Administer, oversee, and document medication administration (e.g., topically, orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, and intravenously) as ordered by healthcare practitioners.
- Assess patients to include physical, psychosocial, cultural, behavioral/emotional, developmental, and spiritual needs; gather relevant data for patient care.
- Implement appropriate patient interventions and evaluate outcomes; plan care based on initial and ongoing assessments.
- Provide holistic, comprehensive, and professional nursing care within the scope of practice.
- Prepare patients for discharge and coordinate post-discharge needs.
- Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and competence in communication and care provision.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills for the department’s defined patient populations.
- Engage in professional growth and meet mandatory requirements by stated deadlines.
- Document care delivered and patient status using the nursing process in accordance with standards.
- Receive, assess, and ensure the appropriateness, accuracy, timeliness, and execution of physician orders.
- Provide comprehensive and compassionate care for Medical Surgical level patients, including those with conditions such as Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Hip Fractures, and General Abdominal Surgeries.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans; assess and monitor patients.
- Administer medications and treatments.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including Physicians, Care Management, and Therapy Services.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in Washington state, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - CPR certification, upon hire.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- One year of related work experience in an acute care setting.
About the Workplace
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891. Our organization has evolved through strategic partnerships to expand services across the Puget Sound area. Today, we remain committed to healing the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—in the communities we serve.
Our dedicated providers offer a full spectrum of healthcare services, from routine wellness to complex disease management, grounded in rigorous research and education. Our network includes 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites strategically located across the greater Puget Sound region.
Pay
$47.86 - $90.42 per hour.