Registered Nurse

Position: Registered Nurse (2025-0925)

Job Title:

Registered Nurse

Requisition:

Location:

VMC Main Campus, Renton, WA

Department:
Infusion Services

Shift: Days

Type: OC / PD

FTE: 0

Hours:

(Specify schedule)

Salary Range:
Minimum $46.94 – Maximum $85.76 per hour, DOE

Job Overview

The staff RN is a licensed professional who assumes responsibility for a designated group of patients, providing safe, quality care using the nursing process as the basis for clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, guides, directs, and facilitates workflow on the unit.
• Recognizes when the charge nurse needs to assume a patient assignment and takes that role when necessary.
• Makes staff assignments reflecting patient acuity, continuity, staff competency, and required admit, transfer, and discharge activity.
• Mentors staff, float, and agency personnel regarding unit/department/hospital policies and procedures.
• Integrates new staff and agency staff into the unit culture.
• Functions as a leader and role model for clinical staff.
• Acts as a clinical resource, demonstrating safe use of patient care equipment and teaching others.
• Identifies resource RN for LPN, PCA, and MST as needed.
• Monitors and evaluates nursing care provided to each patient through direct observation, consultation, and patient rounds.
• Assesses unit and environmental safety during rounds, reporting and correcting deficiencies.
• Maintains awareness of Joint Commission standards, state codes, and practice acts; monitors documentation and compliance.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills; responds to patient and family concerns.
• Reports significant events to supervisors per policy and activates the chain of command.
• Provides input into performance appraisal of clinical staff on shift via feedback documentation.
• Evaluates and ensures adequate coverage for staff breaks.
• Monitors staffing during shift, adjusting as needed, and determines staffing requirements for the following shift.
• Takes personal responsibility to maintain competencies for direct patient care and team leadership.
• Collaborates with bed placement and clinical resources to expedite patient placement.

Prerequisites

• BSN preferred.
• Current RN license in Washington State.
• Successful completion of a graduate nurse residency program orientation or six months RN experience.
• AHA BLS for healthcare providers required.

Preferred for Advancement to Charge Nurse

• BSN.
• Two years of clinical nursing experience and leadership in area of responsibility preferred.
• Unit-specific prerequisites as referenced in the addendum.

General Qualifications

• Demonstrates leadership skills with ability to lead and manage a team, utilize clinical judgment, inquiry, innovation, and systems thinking.
• Communicates effectively in oral and written form.
• Adheres to the Professional Appearance Policy.
• Exhibits effective interpersonal skills that are community-centered, compassionate, and meet the needs of diverse and vulnerable populations.
• Communicates and works effectively with all age groups.
• Provides excellent customer service in a caring environment.
• Functions within ANA Standards and the Nurse Practice Act.
• Accesses information and communicates electronically, including order entry, e‑mail, and documentation.
• Self‑directed in advancing practice through continuing education and research.

Physical/Mental Demands, Environment, and Working Conditions

• Safe patient handling: lift patients or objects up to 40 pounds and operate lifting equipment.
• Physical abilities: stoop, bend, reach, crouch, squat, stand, and walk for extended periods.
• Full body range of motion, manual and finger dexterity, and eye‑hand coordination required.
• Corrected vision, normal hearing, and color discrimination required.

Unit Specific Requirements (Addendum)

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