Registered Nurse - Operating Room, 0.9 FTE D/E

Seattle Children's•Seattle, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As an integral member of the Health Care Team, the Registered Nurse (RN) functions within the Scope of Practice as defined by the State, the ANA Scope and Standards for Pediatric Nursing Practice, and adheres to Seattle Children's policies/procedures and guidelines of care. The RN is responsible for providing safe, family-centered patient care, utilizing the Nursing Care Process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care in collaboration with the patient, patient's family, significant others, and members of the health care team. The role may also involve supervision and delegation of tasks to Nurse Technicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Medical Assistants, Certified Nursing Assistants, and others as defined by the State Administrative Code. Additionally, the RN assists in meeting Seattle Children's strategic goals by incorporating initiatives such as Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), Value Based Behaviors, Error Prevention, Patient Safety, and Workforce Community and Connection into daily work. Seattle Children’s mission is to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. The organization is committed to caring for all children in its region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay, by delivering superior patient care, advancing new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serving as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. Seattle Children’s is consistently ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and is a Magnet designated institution. The organizational culture is built on core values including Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity, and Innovation. Seattle Children’s is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion, and recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to protected characteristics.

Requirements

Active Washington State RN license
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
One year of perioperative nursing experience or successful completion of a perioperative course and 6 months of additional RN circulating experience
Current BLS (American Heart Association Health Care Provider, American Safety and Health Institution Professional Level or American AED/CPR Association - Professional Rescuer)
Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) is mandatory within 90 days of hire (training provided during orientation) and must be maintained as current thereafter

Nice To Haves

OR Scrub experience
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
Pediatric health care nursing experience

Responsibilities

Function within the Scope of Practice as defined by the State, the ANA Scope and Standards for Pediatric Nursing Practice, and adhere to Seattle Children's policies/procedures and guidelines of care.
Provide safe, family centered patient care.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care using the Nursing Care Process in a collaborative method with the patient and patient's family, significant others, and members of the health care team.
May be required to provide supervision and delegation of tasks to Nurse Technicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Medical Assistants, Certified Nursing Assistants, and others as defined by the State Administrative Code.
Assist in meeting Seattle Children's strategic goals by incorporating the initiatives to support the strategic plans into the daily work, i.e., Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), Value Based Behaviors, Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Workforce Community and Connection etc.