RN (Registered Nurse)

First Connect Health • Tacoma, WA

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse assigned primarily to St. Joseph Medical Center’s Med/Surg and Telemetry division, with required floating across the division and, when needed, Region Two facilities: St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, and St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma. The Med/Surg division includes six units: a surgical unit; a long-term, low-acuity unit; a general medical unit; a short-stay, cardiac, and COVID unit; a neuro unit; and an orthopedic and spine unit. All units use telemetry. Travelers may also be assigned to alternate Med/Surg/Telemetry areas, including the 10th-floor Med Surg Oncology unit, the ER Transition Unit, the emergency-room transition beds, the Cardiac Decision Unit, and the Med-Surg transition area.

Registered Nurses take four to five patients. Nurses may be assigned as a CNA or entrance screener if needed, under the same expectations as facility staff. Nurses titrate some drips within Med/Surg guidelines; if a medication reaches its maximum, the patient is transferred to critical care. Telemetry is monitored remotely by telemetry technicians, who read strips; RNs verify the readings. The department has a charge RN on each unit and a House Supervisor from 11 a.m. to 7 a.m. Orientation includes four hours on each of the six primary Med/Surg units; alternate units are not included in orientation.

The position involves 12-hour shifts, with scheduling based on staffing needs across the Med/Surg division. It requires every-other-weekend coverage, one to two winter holidays, and call/standby up to four times during the contract. Travelers must take offered breaks. No specific scrub color is required. Candidates may not have worked full-time, part-time, or PRN at a facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI or Dignity, within the past year.

Requirements

• At least two years of acute-care experience.
• Current BLS certification.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts according to staffing needs across the Med/Surg division.
• Availability to work every other weekend and one to two winter holidays.
• Availability for call or standby up to four times during the contract.
• Ability to float to all Med/Surg/Telemetry divisions.
• Must not have worked full-time, part-time, or PRN at a CommonSpirit-associated facility, including CHI or Dignity, within the past year.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to patients across the Med/Surg and Telemetry division.
• Float to all Med/Surg/Telemetry divisions and, if needed, to the listed Region Two facilities.
• Care for assigned patient loads of four to five patients.
• Titrate medications within Med/Surg guidelines and arrange transfer to critical care if a drip reaches its maximum.
• Verify telemetry strip readings performed by telemetry technicians.
• Take offered breaks.
• Perform CNA or entrance-screener duties if assigned and needed.

What This Job Offers

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