Registered Nurse; RN - Acute Care Night Shift

Registered Nurse, (RN) - Acute Care, Full Time, Night Shift

Island Health is looking for an experienced Acute Care Unit Registered Nurse for our Part-time Night shift at our hospital in Anacortes, WA.

Work Schedule:

• 0.9 FTE
• Night shift
• For Information on Employee Benefits and WSNA Contract

Salary Range: $37.64 - $71.35

• Night Differential - $4.75
• Evening Differential - $3.25
• Weekend Differential - $4.00
• BSN (or higher) premium - $1.00/hour
• Certification premium - $1.00/hour

For Information on Employee Benefits and WSNA Contract

Why Choose Island Health?

Whether you're a new grad or experienced in your field and considering a change, we invite you to explore a wide range of careers at Island Health with exceptional benefits including:

• Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Extended Illness Benefit
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability
• Vested Retirement Contribution
• Flexible Spending Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Recognition Events
• And More!

Acute Care Unit Registered Nurse

Job Responsibilities:

• Utilizes 5 step nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation) to provide service needed for patient care.
• Acknowledges, coordinates and implements diagnostic and therapeutic orders of each patient.
• Accepts responsibility for knowing State Nurse Practice Act, current hospital policies, procedures, and standards of care.
• Accountable for administration of, observation, charting and reporting effects of drugs, intravenous procedure, other therapeutic and diagnostic measures in a safe and accurate manner, in accordance with the hospital and nursing department policies and within the framework of the rules and regulations of the State of Washington.
• Identifies emergent situations, and is able to perform in a calm and professional manner during the emergency situation.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to operate necessary equipment.
• Performs in a manner which demonstrates knowledge of technical skills.
• Acts as a resource person regarding patient care, specialty area and development of other staff.
• Establishes treatment priorities based on medical and nursing diagnoses.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and can identify each patient's/employee's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs.
• Understands and supports principles of clinical pathways.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing standards.

Skills/

Qualifications:

Communication & Interpersonal

Skills:

• Documents relevant information accurately and legibly in clear, concise terms, utilizing appropriate charting methods as approved by Nursing Administration.
• Respects patients' right to privacy and confidentiality, serving as an advocate as necessary.
• Responds in a constructive and sensitive manner to the verbal and non-verbal behavior of patients, families and visitors.
• Responds in a constructive and sensitive manner to the verbal and non-verbal behavior of peers and other hospital personnel promoting good working relationships.
• Keeps supervisor informed of status and progress of patients so coordinator may better carry out his/her responsibilities for assignments and staffing.
• Assesses knowledge level of patient/significant other, participates with patient/significant other in goal development to meet needs.
• Develops teaching plan and evaluates outcome.
• Documents appropriate components of the nursing process according to established standards.

Professionalism & Leadership Ability:

• Accepts, supports, and implements hospital and nursing department policies and programs, enhancing the development of the same by making recommendations for change.
• Assesses staffing need to provide quality care and requests additional help when needed, and forgoes additional staffing when not needed. Accepts constructive criticism and takes action to improve.
• Participates in performance evaluation by preparing a self-evaluation.
• Strives for excellence and safety in patient care, and as necessary, challenges/or corrects errors of peers to ensure patient safety and well-being, participating in peer review.
• Attends workshops and in-services which meet areas of skill development needs or continuing education interest, as defined at time of hire or in annual evaluation.
• Attends and participates at staff meetings.
• Participates in formulation and implementation of unit standards.
• Provides leadership in patient safety by reading sentinel event alerts, implementing patient safety goals, reporting errors, near-misses, and implementing appropriately.

Job Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current licensure in Washington State required.
• Current BLS certification
• A minimum of one (1) year of clinical experience in an acute hospital setting preferred

Work Environment:

The work of this position is performed inside, exposing the employee to indoor environmental conditions, protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The employee may…