Registered Nurse

Job Title

Registered Nurse )

VMC Main Campus, Renton, WA

Cardiac Telemetry (South
6)

Days, Full Time (FTE 0.9)

$46.94 – $85.76 per hour

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.

• BSN preferred
• Current RN license in Washington
• Successful completion of nurse residency program orientation or 6 months experience as an RN
• AHA BLS required

• BSN
• Two years clinical nursing/leadership in area of responsibility

• 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
• Practices in a caring environment with excellent customer service skills
• Functions within ANA Standards and the Nurse Practice Act
• Ability to access information and communicate in an electronic environment including order entry, e‑mail, and computer documentation skills
• Self‑directed in advancing professional practice through continuing education and research

Must safely handle patient transfers and lifting equipment, lift from floor to overhead levels, carry up to 40 pounds, stoop, bend, reach, crouch, and squat. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time as required for patient care, moving patients or supplies to other units, hourly rounding, bedside shift report, and other nursing duties.

• Assesses, guides, directs, and facilitates workflow on the unit
• Recognizes when it is necessary for the charge nurse to assume a patient assignment and assumes that role
• Makes staff assignments that reflect patient acuity, continuity of patient care, staff competency and the necessity of admit, transfer and discharge activity inherent on all clinical units
• Mentors staff, float, and agency personnel regarding unit/department/hospital policies, procedures/standards and annual goals and objectives
• Integrates new staff and agency staff into the culture of the unit
• Functions as a leader and role model for clinical staff
• Acts as a clinical resource to unit staff, demonstrating safe use of patient care equipment and teaching others to use equipment safely
• Identifies resource RN for LPN, PCA, and MST as necessary
• Monitors and evaluates nursing care given to each patient by direct observation, consultation, and patient rounds
• Assesses unit/environmental safety during patient rounds and reports/corrects deficiencies
• Maintains awareness of Joint Commission standards, state codes, and practice acts; routinely monitors documentation, compliance with standards, and facilitates rapid turn‑around cycles
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills, responds to patient and family concerns/complaints, and reports significant events per policy
• Provides input into performance appraisal of clinical staff on assigned shift by documenting feedback and/or communicating concerns to manager/supervisor
• Evaluates and provides adequate coverage for breaks and maintains fiscal responsibility by monitoring and adjusting staffing during shift and determining staffing needs for the following shift using sound clinical judgment

Valley Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and protected groups. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or protected veteran status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Veterans:
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VMS.gov to apply. Valley Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and protected groups. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or protected veteran status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Powell S. B.B.