Registered Nurse - CCU

Registered Nurse - CCU - $20K Sign-on Incentive )

Location: VMC Main Campus, Renton, WA

Department: Critical Care

Shift: Nights

Type: Full Time (FTE 0.9)

Salary: $46.94‑$85.76 per hour (DOE)

The staff RN is a licensed professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. This individual provides safe, quality care to these patients utilizing the nursing process as the basis for clinical practice. The position description is a guide to the critical duties and essential functions of the job and is reviewed and revised to meet the changing needs of the organization.

• BSN preferred.
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Washington.
• Successful completion of a graduate nurse residency program orientation or six months' experience as a Registered Nurse.
• AHA BLS for healthcare providers required.

• BSN
• Two years' practice in clinical nursing/leadership in the area of responsibility preferred.
• Unit specific prerequisites - see addendum.

• Demonstrates leadership skills with ability to lead and manage a team, utilize clinical judgment, clinical inquiry, innovation, and systems thinking.
• Able to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
• Adheres to the Professional Appearance Policy.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills that are community-centered, compassionate, and meet the needs of diverse and vulnerable populations.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with the physical and emotional development of all age groups.
• Practices in a caring environment with excellent customer service skills.
• Functions within ANA Standards and Nurse Practice Act.
• Ability to access information and communicate in an electronic environment including but not limited to the use of order entry, e‑mail, and computer documentation skills.
• Self‑directed in advancing professional practice through continuing education and research.

Must be able to provide safe patient handling as defined in VMC's Safe Patient Handling guidelines and policies. Requires the ability to lift from the floor to overhead levels, carry items up to 40 pounds, participate in team lifting, operate patient lifting equipment accurately, stoop, bend, reach, crouch, squat, and stand and walk for extensive periods of time. Requires full body range of motion, manual and finger dexterity, eye–hand coordination, corrected vision, hearing to normal range, and ability to distinguish colors.

• Assess, guide, direct and facilitate workflow on the unit; assume Charge Nurse role when appropriate.
• Make staff assignments that reflect patient acuity, continuity of patient care, staff competency and the necessity of admit, transfer and discharge activity.
• Mentor staff, float, and agency personnel regarding unit/department/hospital policies, procedures/standards and annual goals and objectives.
• Integrate new staff and agency staff into the culture of the unit.
• Act as a leader and role model for clinical staff.
• Provide clinical resource to unit staff, demonstrate safe use of patient care equipment and teach others to use equipment safely.
• Identify resource RN for LPN, PCA, and MST as necessary.
• Monitor and evaluate nursing care given to each patient by direct observation, consultation, and patient rounds.
• Assess unit/environmental safety during patient rounds and report/correct deficiencies.
• Maintain awareness of Joint Commission standards, state codes and practice acts; monitor documentation, compliance with standards and facilitate rapid turn‑around cycles.
• Demonstrate excellent customer service skills and respond to patient and family concerns/complaints.
• Report significant events to administrative supervisors/manager and activate the chain of command per policy.
• Provide input into performance appraisal of clinical staff on assigned shift by documenting feedback and/or communicating concerns to manager/supervisor.
• Evaluate and provide adequate coverage for breaks.
• Maintain fiscal responsibility by monitoring and adjusting staffing during shift and determine…