RN / Registered Nurse / ICUs (ICU Training Program) / Harborview Medical Center

University of Washington • Seattle, WA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

Harborview Medical Center is hiring registered nurses new to ICU practice for its ICU Training Program, with openings across individual intensive care units depending on unit needs. Harborview’s ICUs have received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence, and the medical center has Magnet recognition from the ANCC for excellence in patient care. The planned cohort start dates are January 2027 and March 2027.

Harborview’s ICUs serve a broad range of patients. The 2EH Cardiac/Mixed ICU is a 20-bed unit caring for a varied ICU population, including critically ill patients with cardiac disease. The 7MB Medical ICU is a 20-bed unit caring for critically ill adult and geriatric patients with conditions including multi-system organ failure, gastrointestinal disease, sepsis, cancer, lung disease, kidney disease, and liver disease. The 9MB Trauma Surgical ICU is a 24-bed unit caring for patients with multi-system traumatic injuries and complex respiratory, thoracic, vascular, neurologic, and orthopedic needs. Nurses there provide critical care to adult patients with medical-surgical diagnoses and traumatic injuries.

The 9EH Burn and Pediatric Trauma ICU is an 18-bed multi-specialty unit caring for adult burn patients and pediatric burn and trauma patients. It serves as the Regional Burn Center and Level I Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center for the WAMI region (Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho). The 2WH Neurosciences ICU is a 30-bed referral unit for neurological surgery and neurology, providing specialized intensive nursing care to patients with complex neurological deficits and injuries, including severe head and spinal cord injuries and diseases or disorders affecting the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves.

Harborview Medical Center is owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is the region’s only Level I Trauma and verified burn center and provides specialized care to patients throughout the Pacific Northwest, including vulnerable residents of King County. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve public health through medical knowledge, outstanding primary and specialty care, and the preparation of future health professionals. The organization emphasizes collaboration, integrity, compassion, and a respectful, welcoming environment.

Requirements

• Hold an RN license by the employment start date.
• Two or more years of acute care RN experience is desirable.
• Entry-level or new-graduate RNs may be considered for ICU Training Program positions; nursing technician/CNA experience in a Harborview ICU and/or a senior practicum in a Harborview ICU is required for this consideration.
• Current Harborview RNs initially hired as new-graduate RNs in acute care must have completed at least two years on their initial unit as an RN; other commitment timeframes may apply to certain residency areas.
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except where legal requirements, such as licensure, certification, or registration, apply.

Nice To Haves

• Two or more years of acute care RN experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive nursing care to patients in the assigned Harborview ICU.
• Care for patients according to the needs of the assigned unit, which may include cardiac, medical, trauma-surgical, burn, pediatric trauma, or neurological conditions.
• Provide critical care management to adult patients with medical-surgical diagnoses and traumatic injuries in the Trauma Surgical ICU.
• Provide specialized intensive nursing care to patients with complex neurological deficits and injuries in the Neurosciences ICU.

Benefits

• Benefits information is provided through the University of Washington staff benefits website; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
• Additional compensation: $1 per hour for a BSN, $1.25 per hour for a nursing specialty certification, $5 per hour for nights, and $4 per hour for weekends.

What This Job Offers

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