Registered Nurse

Job Title

Registered Nurse

VMC Main Campus, Renton, WA

NICU

Nights

Full Time

0.9

Assigned tour of duty hours.

$46.94 - $85.76 per hour, DOE.

The position description is a guide to the critical duties and essential functions of the job, not an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, qualifications, physical demands, and work environment conditions. Position descriptions are reviewed and revised to meet the changing needs of the organization.

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.

• 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.

• BSN.
• Two years' practice in clinical nursing/leadership in area of responsibility preferred.
• Unit-specific prerequisites – see addendum.

• Demonstrates leadership skills with ability to lead and manage a team, utilize clinical judgment, clinical 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.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with the physical and emotional development of all age groups.
• Practices in a caring environment with excellent customer service skills.
• Functions within ANA Standards and the Nurse Practice Act.
• Ability to access information and communicate in an electronic environment including use of order entry, e‑mail, and computer documentation.
• Self‑directed in advancing professional practice through continuing education and research.

Must be able to provide safe patient handling as defined in VMC's Safe Patient Handling guidelines, move patients of varying weight, lift up to 40 pounds, operate patient lifting equipment, stoop, bend, reach, crouch, and squat. Requires standing and walking for extended periods, full body range of motion, manual and finger dexterity, eye‑hand coordination, corrected vision, and hearing within normal range.

Generic job functions for clinical partner.

• Assesses, guides, directs, and facilitates workflow on the unit; recognizes when the charge nurse role must be assumed.
• Makes staff assignments reflecting patient acuity, continuity of care, staff competency, and admission, transfer, and discharge activity.
• Mentors staff, float, and agency personnel regarding unit/department/hospital policies, procedures/standards and annual goals.
• Integrates new staff and agency staff into the unit culture.
• Acts as a leader and role model for clinical staff.
• Serves as a clinical resource to unit staff; demonstrates safe use of patient care equipment and teaches others.
• Identifies resource RN for LPN, PCA, and MST as necessary.
• Monitors and evaluates nursing care by direct observation, consultation, and patient rounds.
• Assesses unit/environmental safety during patient rounds and reports/corrects deficiencies.
• Maintains awareness of Joint Commission standards, state codes, and practice acts; monitors documentation compliance.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills and responds to patient/family concerns or complaints.
• Reports significant events to administrative supervisors/manager and activates chain of command per policy.
• Provides input into performance appraisal of clinical staff.
• Evaluates and provides adequate coverage for breaks.
• Maintains fiscal responsibility by monitoring staffing during shift and determining staffing needs for the next shift.
• Accepts personal responsibility to maintain competencies for…