Staff Nurse - Float Pool

Staff Registered Nurse

Join our team at Skagit Valley Hospital as a Staff Registered Nurse in the Float Pool. This position offers a flexible schedule with night shifts and a full-time commitment of 0.6 FTE or more.

Job Description

• Responsible to the Department Director or Manager and is to be clinically competent; delivers care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation.
• Effectively interacts with patients, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
• Assesses the patient; collects and documents the patient's current health status and medical history.
• Completes and/or reviews Admission Data Record as defined by policy.
• Makes accurate and ongoing assessment of patient's status and responds appropriately.
• Plans/Implements; sets priorities for nursing action in a logical sequence according to patient's needs and formulates a plan of care by the appropriate selection of Nurse Practice Standards.
• Evaluates; performs ongoing assessment and revises plan of care based on new data and patient's condition.
• Documents accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status to ensure patient safety and charge capture.
• Communicates with the physician regarding patient needs, the nursing assessments, and recommendations on a daily basis, and as needed.
• Collaborates with other nurses and health team members to ensure the patient's well-being.
• Teaches patient/significant other appropriate health information in a timely manner and shares written and visual informational material.
• Performs direct patient care, utilizing established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Administers medications and IVs according to policy and procedure.
• Observes and documents patient's response to pertinent medications.
• Performs indirect patient care, utilizing established procedures, policies, and standards.
• Provides a thorough, concise report at change of shift.
• Communicates pertinent information to the appropriate person in a timely manner.
• Performs accurate and timely documentation according to SVH guidelines.
• Accurately transcribes physician orders according to policies and procedures.
• Maintains a clean, neat, and safe environment for patients and staff according to policies and procedures.
• Ensures that supplies and equipment necessary for patient care are stored in an organized and efficient manner.
• Demonstrates correct and safe techniques in the use of equipment according to specific product information.
• Follows appropriate procedures for obtaining and returning or cleaning/disposing of equipment and supplies.
• Participates in economical utilization of supplies and ensures that equipment is maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Adheres to Administrative SVH/Nursing Service policies.
• Assists patients, family members, or other clients with concern and empathy; respects their confidentiality and privacy and communicates with them in a courteous and respectful manner.

Requirements

• RN required. Knowledge of fundamentals of nursing practice. BSN preferred.
• Registered nurse with a minimum of two years' experience in acute care nursing preferred. Experience may be substituted by completion of the SRH Nurse Residency Program. Tier II: RN with experience in at least one critical care unit such as ICU, PACU, or ED is required.
• Current Washington State RN License required. AHA (American Heart Association) Health Care Provider BLS required. Certification in Med/Surg, cardiac/telemetry or pediatric experience preferred. Tier II: AHA (American Heart Association) Healthcare ACLS is required upon hire. Current NIHSS required within 6 months of hire.

Benefits

• $5,000 sign-on bonus
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, 457b/401a (retirement), long-term disability, and paid time off for employees holding an FTE of 20 or more hours per week.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.