RN / Registered Nurse - ICU at UW Medical Center-Northwest

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

UW Medical Center-Northwest - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has an outstanding opportunity for a Night Shift Registered Nurse. The ICU is a general medical ICU offering cardiac, neuro, respiratory, and post-surgical monitoring with 15 individual rooms for patients. RNs consistently maintain 1:2 nurse to patient ratios and work in close partnership with intensivists, physicians, and certified nursing assistants. This role provides life-saving care to critically ill patients and is part of a close-knit ICU that values camaraderie and collaboration. UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion. UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals. All across UW Medicine, employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations.

Requirements

1 year of recent ICU nursing experience, or equivalent nursing experience on a high acuity critical care unit
BLS
ACLS
Active licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State

Responsibilities

Work alongside physicians, intensivists, social workers, and care managers
Follow evidence-based nursing practices
Provide bedside for critically ill patients, including those admitted for septic shock, post-cardiac arrest, acute respiratory failure, and strokes
Monitor and administer medications and IVs
Provide personalized care with compassion, dignity, and respect