RN - Acute Care Float Pool - UW Medical Center-Northwest (Days)
About The Position
UW Medical Center–Northwest's Acute Care Resource Team is hiring a Float Nurse to provide short- and long-term staffing coverage across inpatient acute care units, including telemetry, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, and surgical services. The position also offers cross-training opportunities in specialty areas such as the Emergency Department, ICU, Childbirth Center, and inpatient behavioral health. Nurses provide bedside care across varied units and patient needs, with shifts that differ from one another. The schedule is three 12-hour day shifts, 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with rotating weekend shifts required. This is a regular position at 90% FTE. The pay range is $51.97 to $91.17 per hour. Additional compensation may include a $1.00-per-hour BSN or higher premium, a $1.25-per-hour certification premium, a $4.00-per-hour weekend premium, and overtime pay. UW Medical Center–Northwest is an acute care hospital campus in north Seattle, providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is part of UW Medicine, a health system that includes a medical school and research center and emphasizes outstanding care, medical knowledge, integrity, compassion, and a respectful, welcoming environment.
Requirements
- Three years of acute care inpatient hospital nursing experience.
- Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Active licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State.
- Exposure to behavioral health nursing or willingness to learn the fundamentals of behavioral health nursing.
- Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except where legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration, apply.
Responsibilities
- Identify care needs across a broad spectrum of hospital departments.
- Triage patient care priorities in collaboration with the nursing supervisor.
- Work alongside doctors, social workers, care managers, and therapists.
- Restore patients’ health by following evidence-based nursing practices.
- Monitor and administer medications and IVs.
- Provide staffing coverage and bedside care across inpatient acute care units, with potential cross-training on specialty units.
Benefits
- Additional compensation may include a BSN (or higher) premium, certification premium, weekend premium, and overtime pay.
- Benefits information is available through the University of Washington staff benefits website.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
