RN​/Registered Nurse - Cardiology & Endocrine Clinic; Part-time, FTE

Position: RN / Registered Nurse - Cardiology & Endocrine Clinic (Part-time, 95% FTE)
** Job Description
** Job Posting Text**$10,000 Signing Bonus to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine
**** Harborview Medical Center's Cardiology and Diabetes Clinic
** has an outstanding opportunity for a
** Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team.*
* *
* WORK SCHEDULE:

*** 95% FTE, 38 hours/weekly (three 10’s & one 8 OR four 8’s and one
6)
* Day Shift
** DEPARTMENT

DESCRIPTION:

**** The Heart Institute at Harborview Medical Center
** provides consultation and follow-up care for patients referred to the clinic for cardiac-related issues. Services include the evaluation and management of cardiac-related health problems, patient education, cardiac imaging; including heart catheterization and electrophysiology, stress testing and cardiac CT. Other services include anticoagulation monitoring, ECGs and echocardiography. This clinic also houses
** HMC’s Diabetes clinic
** which provides chronic disease management for diabetes to the most vulnerable population group. The Diabetes Recent Discharge Clinic (DRDC) is an example of the active engagement this clinic provides for patients recently at Harborview, so care can be given to those actively needing assistance.
** POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
*** Conveniently located near public transportation
* Make a difference for the patients and employees we serve
* Opportunity to provide career growth
** PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
*** Utilize the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) to prescribe, prioritize, delegate, coordinate and provide safe, therapeutic nursing care to patients/families
* Make independent judgments/decisions and takes action regarding a wide range of routine and complex patient problems and situations
* Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate to coordinate continuity of patient care
* Provides pre-assessment evaluation/intake assessments for patients seen in the multi-service, multi-specialty clinics
* EPIC and telephone triage -- responding to patients, reviewing test results and triaging treatment needs
* Responsible for point of care procedures used in Diabetes-Endocrine and Cardiology clinics
* Responsible for peripheral catheter care, including insertion of peripheral catheters, monitoring and maintenance of peripheral IV lines
** REQUIREMENTS:
*** Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Washington
* At least 1 year of nursing experience, preferably outpatient
* Current BLS & ACLS
** ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER
** As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine.  It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County.  It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.
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