Registered Nurse (RN) - Resource Pool, Nights

Samaritan Healthcare • Moses Lake, WA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Samaritan Healthcare is seeking a Registered Nurse for their Resource Pool. This role is crucial in implementing the Nursing Process for a group of patients within a designated timeframe, working collaboratively with patients, physicians, and other clinicians to ensure optimal patient care and outcomes. Samaritan Healthcare is a Trauma Level III facility. This position involves night shifts with rotating weekends and holidays.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Washington State RN Licensure.
• Ability to perform the primary functions of a Registered Nurse in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of all assigned patients.
• HCP (Healthcare Provider) Level of BLS (Basic Life Support) within 30 days of hire – AHA or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as an acute care registered nurse preferred.
• Minimum one year of RN experience preferred for specialty nursing departments.
• Resource RN
• Need to obtain all of the certifications applicable to the nursing units to which they have been trained.
• AWHONN’s Advanced Fetal Monitoring course is only required if labor trained and caring for pregnant patients.
• NRP (AAP Neonatal Resuscitation Program) is only required if labor trained and caring for pregnant patients.

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/data collection, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, and cognitive status.
• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner by utilization of/adherence to pre-determined procedures, policies and care plans.
• Identifies patient/significant other learning needs, readiness for learning, and implements patient teaching as defined by policy and care plans.
• Documents in patient’s chart, via electronic medical records and/or paper processes, per policy and in accordance with all regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to patient/significant other and family rights, as identified by Samaritan Healthcare regardless of race, age, religion, color, creed, sex, national origin, or any other classification protected by law; and regardless of ability to pay.
• Demonstrates appropriate delegation of patient care activities.
• Functions effectively to supervise assigned coworkers.
• Demonstrates effective organization and priority setting utilizing sound critical thinking.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of lines of authority.
• May be required to function as a Charge Nurse to include: Delegation of patient assignment/re-assignment; assists/informs with admits, discharges, and transfers; coordinates staff coverage for breaks; helps staff problem-solve; serves as a lead for unit.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• Functions with awareness of/adherence to safety requirements. This includes, but is not limited to: security and safety, understanding of MSDS, equipment, infection control, fire, disaster, safe lifting and body mechanics.
• Ensures self-compliance with organization policies and procedures as well as labor agreements.
• Ensures the interface with team members and other support groups is conducted in a courteous and efficient manner conducive with the organization’s values.
• Conducts self in a professional manner and ensures personal appearance meets the standards necessary to perform the job function while representing the organization.
• Ensures that additional accountabilities, as may be required, by management be handled in a manner necessary to meet organizational standards.
• Demonstrates competency in ability to care for customers/patients across the age continuum.
• Demonstrates competency on equipment listed on department specific checklist.

Benefits

• Up to $15,000 sign on bonus, subject to two-year Hospital Sign on Advance Agreement. (External candidates only.)
• Cross trained RNs earn up to $5.00 additional an hour! ($2.00 additional when cross trained to two units, $3.50 when cross trained to three units and $5.00 when cross trained to more than three units)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed