Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Room, Part Time, Mid-Shift

Island Health Careers•Anacortes, WA

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides primary patient care in the Emergency Department, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The role provides direct care to patients from infancy through adulthood and applies triage principles to life-threatening, urgent, and non-emergent cases. This is an onsite, part-time position in Anacortes, Washington, scheduled for a mid-shift at 0.75 FTE per week. The listed salary range is $37.64–$71.35 per hour, with additional differentials and premiums for nights, weekends, BSN credentials, and certification.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Washington State RN license.
Able to identify emergent situations and perform calmly and professionally during emergencies.
Knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and ability to identify age-specific patient or employee needs.
Ability to respond constructively and sensitively to verbal and non-verbal behavior of patients, families, visitors, peers, and other hospital personnel.
Ability to accept constructive criticism and take action to improve.
Ability to perform position responsibilities with emotional maturity.
For nurses with Emergency Department experience: current AHA BLS and ACLS certifications; current ENPC or PALS, or completion within 60 days of hire; and proof of completing the Trauma Nurse Care Curriculum (TNCC) at least once in their career.
For nurses without Emergency Department experience: current AHA BLS and ACLS certifications; PALS completion within 60 days of hire; ENPC completion within 90 days of hire; and TNCC completion within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

Provide direct care to patients from infancy to adulthood.
Apply emergency department triage principles to life-threatening, urgent, and non-emergent patient categories and take appropriate action.
Administer prescribed medications and treatments, calculating dosages in accordance with approved nursing standards.
Use the five-step nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation—to provide patient care.
Communicate and problem-solve with patients or significant others, health team members, and other departments.
Assess patient or significant-other knowledge and determine care priorities.
Teach patients about health needs, treatments, self-care, precautions, and ways to access future assistance from the health care team.
Document appropriate components of the nursing process according to established standards.
Assess personal learning needs, establish priorities, and develop an action plan.
Promote and maintain confidentiality for oneself and others.
Provide input to the annual budget.
Interact positively with administration, directors, managers, supervisors, peers, co-workers, subordinates, patients, and visitors.
Meet regular attendance standards and remain at or below average sick-leave utilization.
Complete eight hours of stroke-related or other related education per year.
Perform other duties as delegated by the director.