Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited nursing program and hold current licensure in Washington State as a Registered Nurse.
Hold current Basic Life Support certification upon hire and throughout employment.
Hold current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support certifications upon hire or within three months of hire.
Complete Trauma Nursing Core Course training and certification upon hire or within one year of hire.
Responsibilities
Provide individualized patient care using the Nursing Care Plan in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Obtain comprehensive nursing histories and perform basic physical assessments using knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology.
Collect ongoing, systematic patient data covering biophysical, psychosocial, self-care, health maintenance, discharge planning, and environmental needs.
Follow department and facility policies, procedures, goals, and standards of care.
Address patient and family education needs as a clinical resource.
Identify and appropriately respond to emergent situations.
Identify abnormal diagnostic data, understand its implications, and report findings to the health care provider.
Initiate and maintain prioritized plans of care, assess intervention effectiveness, and revise care plans as needed.
Perform basic nursing technical skills within scope, including IV therapy, treatments, catheter insertion, nasogastric tube insertion, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Make care decisions using evidence-based research, best practices, knowledge of diseases and injuries, and standards of care for the patient population.
Administer medications and IV fluids correctly according to patient age and clinical condition, including starting IV fluids and medications.
Use cardiac monitoring and identify arrhythmias.
Operate essential equipment on all units and complete annual proficiency skills reviews.
Draw, process, and result laboratory tests and perform quality control when laboratory personnel are unavailable; complete annual laboratory competency requirements.
Arrange ambulance services or other emergency transportation when required.
Perform emergency department triage, admission, initial and ongoing assessments, documentation, and discharge within scope of practice.
Clean the emergency department after use and replace necessary equipment and supplies.
Maintain the knowledge and skills required across the North Wing, West Wing, Emergency Department, and Outpatient Services and work competently in all facility nursing units.
Use tactful, diplomatic communication when working with peers and team members in sensitive or emotionally charged situations.
Make decisions, take appropriate action, and follow tasks through to completion.
Use electronic health records for admitting, required patient documentation, physician orders, and discharge.
Promote antimicrobial stewardship and prevention of antimicrobial overuse.
Attend and participate in staff meetings, in-services, projects, or committees as assigned or requested.
Follow up with appropriate staff, patients, or other individuals regarding reported incidents, complaints, problems, and concerns.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Description
PRN/Supp - Registered Nurse (RN) Hospital
Primary Focus:
Provides personal individualized care to patients/patients utilizing the Nursing Care Plan in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary team to deliver quality care.
Description
Registered Nurse [RN] - PRN/Supplemental
12-hour shifts
Base Pay - Set Rate $62.00/hour, plus applicable shift differentials
This is a PRN or supplemental position. Hours of work and days may vary. Evening, Nights and Weekend work may be required as job duties demand. In addition, you may receive short notification of the necessity to fill an open shift.
Essential Functions:
Obtains nursing history that is comprehensive of present condition and performs basic physical assessment, indicating knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology.
Collects data in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on the biophysical, psychosocial, self-care, health maintenance, discharge planning, and environmental needs of the patient.
Supports, promotes, and follows department and facility policies, procedures, goals, and standards of care.
Functions as a clinical resource to address patient/family education needs.
Identifies emergent situations and responds appropriately.
Identifies abnormal diagnostic data and demonstrates a fundamental understanding of its implications by reporting information to the Health Care Provider.
Initiates/maintains plan of care based on established priorities, essential needs and available resources. Assess on an ongoing basis the effectiveness of intervention and revises the plan of care as needed.
Performs competently those technical skills considered basic to the scope of service. (IV therapy, treatments, catheter insertion, NG insertion. CPR, etc.).
Decisions and performance reflect knowledge of facts, evidence-based research and best practices, diseases, injuries, care required and standard of care for the specific population on the unit.
Knowledge of medications and IV fluids and their correct administration, based on the age of the patient and their clinical condition. (Start IV fluids & medications).
Knowledge of cardiac monitoring; can identify arrhythmias.
Knowledge and skill in operating essential equipment on all units and completes annual proficiency skills reviews.
Draws, processes, results laboratory tests, performs QC when lab personnel not available. Complete annual laboratory competency.
Arranges for ambulance services or other emergency transports as required.
Responsible for ER triage, admit, initial assessments, ongoing assessments, documentation and discharge with-in scope of practice.
Ensures ER cleaned after use and replaces necessary equipment and supplies.
Knowledge and skills appropriate for all nursing units (North Wing, West Wing, ER, and Outpatient Services) and competent ability to work in all nursing units of OMHC.
Works collaboratively with peer and team members using tactful, diplomatic communication techniques in potentially sensitive or emotionally charged situations.
Demonstrates the ability to make decisions, take appropriate action and follow tasks through to completion.
Knowledge of Electronic Health Records (admitting, appropriate documentation required for each patient type, physician orders, and discharge)
Employee is aware of and actively promotes facility goal relative to practicing antimicrobial stewardship and prevention of antimicrobial overuse.
Attends and participates in staff meetings and in-services, projects or committees as assigned or requested.
Follows up with appropriate staff, patients or other individuals regarding reported incidents, complaints, problems, and concerns.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits:
Paid Sick Leave (PSL):
- Supplemental employees may use PSL for reasons defined by the Paid Sick Leave Act. PSL accrues at a rate of 1 hour for every 40
paid hours worked.
· We offer an EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) for you and your eligible dependents at no cost to you.
Shift Diferentials:
Differentials for Registered Nurse (RN) Hospital PRNs:
If you work a Charge Shift as a RN PRN, then you will receive a differential of $3.00/hour
If you work a Weekend Shift as a RN PRN, then you will receive a differential of $3.00/hour
If you work a NOC Shift as a RN PRN, then you will receive a differential of $4.25/hour
Requirements
Required Education and Certification
· Graduate of an accredited nursing program and current licensure in the State of Washington as a Registered Nurse (RN)
· Current BLS upon hire and for duration of employment
· Current ACLS and PALS certification upon hire or within 3 months of hire
· Current TNCC training and certification upon hire or within 1 year of hire