Registered Nurse; RN), SSU​/PACU, Part-time

Registered Nurse (RN), SSU/PACU, Part-time, Days

At Samaritan Healthcare we are dedicated to providing healthcare services to the community that we serve. We are committed to providing the very best work environment for our professionals and the very best care to our patients. Samaritan Healthcare is seeking a Registered Nurse! This position is responsible for functioning as both a caregiver and care manager. In the caregiver role, the RN assumes responsibility for a group of patients for a designated time frame implementing the Nursing Process.

In the role of care manager, the RN directs and oversees the work of other caregivers, (nurses and non-nurses) via delegation, coordination, supervision, and validation/evaluation of patient care outcomes. The individual in this position will be required to fully understand the purpose and operation of Patient Care Services along with having the ability to make decisions based on sound judgment when a situation dictates.

This is a part-time 24 hours/week position working two 12-hours shifts from 7:00am-7:30pm on various days Monday-Friday with scheduled mandatory call. Extra incentive: up to $7,500 sign on bonus, subject to two-year Hospital Sign on Advance Agreement. (External candidates only.)

The individual in this position reports to the Nursing Department Director, House Supervisor, Charge Nurse, and other designated supervisory staff on duty. This position works closely with patients, physicians, and other clinicians in order to ensure optimal patient care and outcomes.

Specific accountabilities include: performing assessment/data collection, implementing care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner, identifying patient/significant other learning needs, documenting in patient's chart, demonstrating awareness of and sensitivity to patient/significant other and family rights, demonstrating appropriate delegation of patient care activities, demonstrating effective organization and priority setting utilizing sound critical thinking, demonstrating appropriate use of lines of authority, functioning as a Charge Nurse, maintaining professional growth and development, functioning with awareness of/adherence to safety requirements, ensuring self-compliance with organization policies and procedures as well as labor agreements, ensuring the interface with team members and other support groups is conducted in a courteous and efficient manner conducive with the organization's values, conducting self in a professional manner and ensuring personal appearance meets the standards necessary to perform the job function while representing the organization, ensuring that additional accountabilities, as may be required, by management be handled in a manner necessary to meet organizational standards.

Additional position qualifications/competencies by unit include: ACLS (AHA Advanced Life Support) certification to be obtained within 6 months of hire and renewed every 2 years, PALS (AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support) or PEARS (AHA Pediatric Advanced Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization) certification to be obtained within 6 months of hire and renewed every 2 years, CAPA/CPAN certification preferred, continuing education requirements, 8 hours of orientation training, 8 hours annual training, performance expectations, follow the pathway for total joint replacement dependent on area of specialty.

Education & experience:

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, current Washington State RN licensure, HCP (Healthcare Provider) Level of BLS (Basic Life Support) within 30 days of hire – AHA or equivalent, experience as an acute care registered nurse preferred, minimum one year of RN experience preferred for specialty nursing departments, ability to perform the primary functions of a Registered Nurse in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of all assigned patients, critical thinking skills, demonstrate accountability, crisis management, demonstrates competency in ability to care for customers/patients across the age continuum, demonstrates competency on equipment listed on department specific checklist, frequent standing, walking, lifting, reaching, kneeling, bending, stooping, pushing and pulling, manual dexterity, light physical effort, ability to lift/carry up to 30 lbs.

(supplies and equipment), physical strength to perform CPR (bed/floor), lift and push/pull 60 to 300 pounds (with assistance) as often as 20 times per 8 to 12 hours and perform constant walking, twisting, turning, and stretching maneuvers in patient care and use of equipment, keen mental faculties to perform assessment and decision-making skills in the management of acutely ill patients, good reading eyesight, emotional stability, ability to communicate using verbal and/or written skills for accurate exchange of information.