RN - Float Pool
Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Edmonds
Posted on: August 3, 2022
Job Description:
Swedish is calling a Registered Nurse (RN) (0.9 FTE, Night
Shift) in the Float Pool at Swedish Edmonds in Edmonds, WA.
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive
nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable
for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic,
evidence-based quality care to patients and families, based on
individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and
appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in
accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment,
the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses,
and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Key functions and
specific skills for the job are found in the unit specific
onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the
specialty.
In this position you will:
- Assess, identify appropriate nursing diagnoses, plans,
implements and evaluates patients' care
- Develop, update and coordinates the patient's plan of care to
achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions
across the care continuum
- Monitor, record and communicate patient condition as
appropriate
- Perform and maintain currency of essential competencies as
required by specific area of hire and populations served
- Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by
partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity,
rights, values and beliefs of those we serve
- Foster a learning environment for patient/families, nursing,
and other members of the healthcare team including students;
facilitates formal and informal learning for patient/families,
nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community
- Be accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems,
and integrates evidence, and best practice into nursing care; uses
data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Aligns patient
safety, self-safety and environmental safety as equally important
for best outcomes
- Engage in ongoing professional development; practices to the
top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice
Act, the Nursing Social Policy Statement, the ANA Code of Ethics
for Nurses, and specialty standards
- Promote a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates and
disseminates research and evidence based practice
- Lead and coordinate teams, appropriately delegates, coordinates
care and collaborates with others as equal members of the
inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge
- Model professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing
profession
Required qualifications for this position include:
- Nursing degree/diploma upon hire
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or higher within six (6) years of
hire
- A RN with twenty (20) years of RN experience will not be
required to obtain a BSN
- Unencumbered RN license in state(s) of hire, and wherever care
is delivered
- If RN holds a multi-state license through the Nurse Licensure
Compact (NLC), the RN must adhere to the requirements of licensure
in the new state(s) of hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers at time of
hire from American Heart Association (AHA) -or- Military Training
Network (MTN).
- One (1) year of acute care experience working with the patient
population similar to Float Pool -or- completion of the specialty
residency located at Swedish Edmonds
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) upon hire
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) within
thirty (30) days of hire
Preferred qualifications for this position include:
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing upon hire
- National Certification in area of specialty
About the Edmonds Campus.
Swedish Edmonds has been providing sound and thoughtful care for
patients in the Greater Seattle area since 1964. We pride ourselves
in employing only the most qualified and caring professionals. We
are not simply a hospital or a workplace. We are a family. We are a
community. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of
the community through local, high-quality and compassionate health
care services. Swedish Edmonds is an innovative, regional
health-care delivery network that provides more local services,
while giving residents greater access to the latest medical
treatments and the comprehensive services of the Swedish
system.
The Swedish/Edmonds campus includes:
- 217 licensed beds
- 450+ of the most qualified physicians and specialists on
medical staff
- 1,400+ staff including clinical and non-clinical personnel
- Full scope of medical and surgical services, including Level IV
Trauma emergency medicine, diagnostic, treatment and support
services
We offer a full comprehensive range of benefits - see our website
for details -
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