Registered Nurse - Med Surg Ortho - Days

Registered Nurse - Med Surg Ortho - Days - 261712 (22372256)

Position Overview: 
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence-based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan.

Responsibilities: 

• Assess, identify appropriate nursing diagnoses, plan, implement and evaluate patients’ care
• Effectively advocate for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values and beliefs of those we serve
• Foster a learning environment for patient/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team
• Be accountable for safety, identify and correct problems, and integrate evidence, and best practice into nursing care
• Promote a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates and disseminates research and evidence based practice
• Lead and coordinate teams, appropriately delegate, coordinate care and collaborate with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge

Required Qualifications:

• All Registered Nurses without a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing must obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or higher within 6 years of hire
• A RN with 20 years of RN experience will not be required to obtain a BSN
• Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis at each facility by the most senior administrative nursing leader in consultation with the Human Resources leader
• Licensed as Registered Nurse in the State of Washington
• Current Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
• 12 months acute care experience working with the patient population similar to department of hire or completion of the specialty residency located at that facility