Registered Nurse, (RN) - Acute Care, Full Time, Day Shift

Island Health Careers•Anacortes, WA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Island Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to join its Acute Care / Med Surg Nursing team in Anacortes, Washington. The position provides direct patient care from infancy through adulthood and supports Island Health’s mission of compassionate, high-quality care. This is an onsite, full-time role at 0.9 FTE per week, with a day shift schedule. The listed salary range is $37.64–$69.95 per hour. Eligible new hires may receive a $10,000 sign-on bonus. Shift differentials are listed for night and weekend work, along with BSN and certification premiums. The nurse uses the five-step nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care; coordinates diagnostic and therapeutic orders; administers medications and treatments; documents care; and supports patient safety, privacy, and education. The role also includes maintaining medications, equipment, supplies, and patient belongings; communicating patient status and staffing needs; supporting quality goals and peer development; and completing professional development activities.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing.
Current Washington State Nursing License.
Current BLS Certification.
Current ACLS Certification.
Able to identify emergent situations and perform calmly and professionally during emergencies.
Knowledge of growth and development across the life span and ability to identify age-specific patient and employee needs.
Ability to respond constructively and sensitively to the 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.
Demonstrated ability to interact positively with administration, directors, managers, supervisors, peers, co-workers, subordinates, patients, and visitors.
Ability to meet regular attendance standards and stay at or below average sick leave utilization levels.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of one year of experience in an Acute Care setting is preferred.
Completion of Critical Care Consortium classes, unless the candidate has previous ICU experience.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation—to provide patient care.
Acknowledge, coordinate, and implement diagnostic and therapeutic orders.
Administer medications, intravenous procedures, treatments, and other diagnostic or therapeutic measures safely and accurately, and observe, chart, and report their effects.
Establish treatment priorities based on medical and nursing diagnoses and provide direct care to patients from infancy through adulthood.
Document relevant information accurately and legibly using approved charting methods, including appropriate components of the nursing process.
Respect patient privacy and confidentiality and act as a patient advocate when necessary.
Assess patients’ and significant others’ knowledge, participate in developing goals, create teaching plans, and evaluate outcomes.
Keep the coordinator informed about patient status and progress to support assignments and staffing.
Assess staffing needs, request additional help when needed, and forgo additional staffing when it is not needed.
Support clinical pathways and unit quality goals.
Promote patient safety by reporting errors and near-misses, implementing changes, and challenging or correcting peers’ errors when necessary.
Participate in peer review and performance evaluations, including preparing a self-evaluation.
Serve as a resource on patient care and the specialty area and support the development of other staff.
Maintain medication security and count controlled substances.
Maintain the security of patient belongings, patient-care equipment, and supply inventory; report equipment malfunctions.
Attend workshops and in-services relevant to skill development or continuing education.
Complete assigned work within the established time frame and meet regular attendance standards.