Registered Nurse - CCU

Job Title

Registered Nurse - Critical Care Unit (CCU) – $20,000 Sign‑On Incentive

• Req :
• Location:
  
  VMC Main Campus, Renton, WA
• Department:
  Critical Care
• Shift: Nights
• Type:
  Full Time (0.9 FTE)
• Hours:
  
  Assigned tour of duty hours (detail in job‐specific addendum)
• Salary Range:
  Minimum $46.94 – Maximum $85.76 per hour (DOE)
• Category:
  Nursing

The staff RN is a licensed professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. This individual provides safe, quality care to these patients utilizing the nursing process as the basis for clinical practice.

• Assess, guide, direct, and facilitate workflow on the unit; recognize when charge nurse duties are required and assume that role.
• Make staff assignments that reflect patient acuity, continuity of care, staff competency, and the necessity of admit, transfer, and discharge activity.
• Mentor staff, float, and agency personnel regarding unit/department/hospital policies, procedures, standards, and annual goals and objectives.
• Integrate new staff and agency staff into the unit culture.
• Act as a leader and role model for clinical staff.
• Serve as a clinical resource for unit staff, demonstrate safe use of patient care equipment, and teach others.
• Identify RN resources for LPN, PCA, and MST as necessary.
• Monitor and evaluate nursing care given to each patient by direct observation, consultation, and patient rounds.
• Assess unit/environmental safety during patient rounds and report/correct deficiencies.
• Maintain awareness of Joint Commission standards, state codes, and practice acts; routinely monitor documentation and compliance.
• Demonstrate excellent customer service skills and respond to patient and family concerns/complaints.
• Report significant events (patient, staff, physician, visitor) to administrative supervisors/manager and activate the chain of command per policy.
• Provide input into performance appraisal of clinical staff on assigned shift by documenting feedback and/or communicating concerns to manager/supervisor.
• Evaluate and provide adequate coverage for breaks.
• Maintain fiscal responsibility by monitoring and adjusting staffing during shift and determining staffing needs for the following shift through sound clinical judgment.
• Accept personal responsibility to maintain competencies for direct patient care and team leadership.
• Communicate and collaborate with bed placement and the clinical resource to ensure expedited clinical placement.

• BSN preferred; current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington.
• Successful completion of a graduate nurse residency program orientation or six months' experience as a Registered Nurse.
• AHA BLS for healthcare providers required.
• Preferred for advancement to Charge Nurse role: BSN, two years' practice in clinical nursing/leadership, and unit‑specific prerequisites (see addendum).
• Demonstrates leadership skills with ability to lead and manage a team, utilize clinical judgment, inquiry, innovation, and systems thinking.
• Able to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
• Adheres to the Professional Appearance Policy.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills that are community‑centered, compassionate, and meet the needs of diverse and vulnerable populations.
• Can communicate and work effectively with patients of all age groups.
• Practices in a caring environment with excellent customer service skills.
• Functions within ANA Standards and the Nurse Practice Act.
• Proficient in electronic information communication (order entry, e‑mail, computer documentation).
• Self‑directed in advancing professional practice through continuing education and research.

Must provide safe patient handling per VMC guidelines; lift from floor to overhead, carry up to 40 pounds, participate in team lifting, operate patient lifting equipment safely. Requires stooping, bending, reaching, crouching, and squatting; standing and walking for extensive periods. Full body range of motion, manual/finger dexterity, eye‑hand coordination, corrected vision, normal hearing, and color discrimination are required.