Registered Nurse - PICU (0.9FTE, Day/Night Rotator)

Seattle Children's•Seattle, WA

9d•$52 - $91•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Registered Nurse position in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Seattle Children's. The PICU has 40 beds with 8 additional expansion beds dedicated to pediatric critical care for specialized treatments like tracheotomy, CRRT, vents, organ transplant, and bone marrow transplant, with research and ECMO services available. The role involves providing safe, family-centered patient care using the Nursing Care Process, including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in collaboration with patients, families, and the healthcare team. The RN may also supervise and delegate tasks to other healthcare support staff. The position supports Seattle Children's strategic goals by incorporating initiatives like Continuous Performance Improvement, Value Based Behaviors, Error Prevention, Patient Safety, and Workforce Community and Connection into daily work. The role offers a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance for experienced RNs, and training for those new to pediatrics. A strong team of clinical educators and preceptors provide support, with a typical training period of 10 weeks or more.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Washington State RN License, or other current state license that the RN is required to work in.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers is required for all positions at time of hire unless the incumbent possesses a current appropriate Life Support Education required for their practice area.
Nurses working in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit are required to successfully obtain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 3 months of employment, and subsequently maintain at all times.
For nurses performing moderately complex point of care testing, a copy of a diploma or transcript of the highest level of academic achievement to be on record with Human Resources upon hire.
For personnel trained outside of the U.S., records of diploma/transcript must provide documented equivalency evaluation by a foreign credentialing agency.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Pediatric health care nursing experience.
2 years Pediatric acute care or Adult ICU experience

Responsibilities

Providing safe, family centered patient care.
Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care in a collaborative method with the patient and patient's family, significant others, and members of the health care team.
Providing 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.
Assisting 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.