RN - Emergency Services

Company: Swedish Health Services
Location: Edmonds
Posted on: June 8, 2021

Job Description:

$20,000 HIRING BONUS (Externals Only) and Relocation Available

Swedish Medical Center is looking for a Registered Nurse (0.9 FTE, Night Shift) to work in the Emergency Services Department at Swedish Edmonds in Edmonds, Washington.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for prescribing, delegating and coordinating all nursing care through utilization of the nursing process and for meeting the unit standards of practice.

Apply Today! Applicants that meet the qualifications will receive a text with some additional questions from our Modern Hire system.

In this position you will:

• Assess, identify appropriate nursing diagnoses, plans, implements and evaluates patients' care. Develops, updates and coordinates the patient's plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the care continuum. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Performs and maintains currency of essential competencies as required by specific area of hire and populations served.
• Effectively advocate 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.
• 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. Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates and disseminates research and evidence based practice.

Required qualifications for this position include:

• Nursing degree/diploma required upon hire

• All Registered Nurses without a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Nursing must obtain a Bachelor's degree in Nursing or higher within 6 years of hire
• A RN with 20 years of RN experience will not be required to obtain a BSN
• Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis at each facility by the most senior administrative nursing leader in consultation with the Human Resources leader
• Licensed as Registered Nurse in the State of Washington
• Current Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)

• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) within 30 days of hire

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of hire
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days of hire
• One (1) year acute care experience working with the patient population similar to department of hire or completion of the specialty residency located at that facility

Preferred qualifications for this position include:

• Current Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)

About the Edmonds Campus:

Swedish/Edmonds (formerly Stevens Hospital) has been providing sound and thoughtful care for patients in the greater Seattle area for more than 45 years. 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. On Sept. 1, 2010, Stevens joined the Swedish family and became Swedish/Edmonds to create 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

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