RN / Registered Nurse UW Medical Center Montlake Periop 101 Program September 2026

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

7d•$47 - $86•Onsite

About The Position

UW Medical Center - Montlake has an outstanding opportunity for a Full-TIME, REGISTERED NURSE to participate in a Periop-101 training program with our OPERATING ROOM DEPARTMENT. This position commences September 28, 2026. You must have an Active WA RN license, or valid Multistate RN license no later than September 10, 2026 to be eligible. Posting closes August 7, 2026. As a registered nurse (RN), you can be a part of this highly skilled team, working within a culture that is collaborative. Here, you will work in tandem with physicians and other health care practitioners to provide superior, nursing care. Family-Centered Care: Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs. Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team. Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach. Teamwork & Collaboration: Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. Applies communication practices that minimize risks across transitions of care. Presents own perspective and supporting evidence in patient care and team discussions. Collaborates with team members in shared decision making. This program is designed to provide registered nurses who have little to no previous experience with the basic knowledge and clinical skills necessary to function independently in an entry-level perioperative nursing position. At the completion of the course, it is expected that the nurse will be able to practice independently at the novice level in a perioperative position.

Requirements

Current unrestricted WA RN or Multistate nursing license
One year of recent acute care nursing experience and/or Nursing Clinicals/work experience in an Operating Room
Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.
Active WA RN license, or valid Multistate RN license no later than September 10, 2026

Responsibilities

Provide superior, nursing care in tandem with physicians and other health care practitioners.
Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs.
Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team.
Initiate and anticipate individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach.
Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
Apply communication practices that minimize risks across transitions of care.
Present own perspective and supporting evidence in patient care and team discussions.
Collaborate with team members in shared decision making.
Acquire basic knowledge and clinical skills necessary to function independently in an entry-level perioperative nursing position.
Practice independently at the novice level in a perioperative position upon completion of the course.