RN Hospital Resource Nurse

Overview:

CHI Franciscan Health has exciting and rewarding careers with competitive salaries and benefits. We are a family of hospitals, health care services, and medical providers delivering compassionate care to people throughout the South Puget Sound. We are part of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the country.

Our mission is to deliver high quality care that meets our patients’ medical needs while providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families. We believe this three-part approach – physical, emotional, and spiritual – is essential to healing the whole person. Come join our team!

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Responsibilities

Job Summary

Under the direction of nursing leadership, serves as a leader and clinical resource to staff for a designated time period in the hospital. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, facilitating information flow within the Hospital, serving as resource person for problem-solving and decision-making, assigning break and lunch coverage, assigning patient care, coordinating patient placement, fulfilling pharmacy requirements, authorizing overtime and projecting staffing needs for the current/next shift. Although an incumbent generally does not take routine patient assignments, it is expected that clinical assistance will be provided as needed.

Essential Duties

• Serves as a leader and clinical resource to staff under the direction of nursing leadership; assists staff with problem-solving and decision-making; acts as a role model, demonstrating technical/clinical competence consistent with the needs of staff and the patient population; collaborates with primary RN or team leader to ensure the planning and delivery of quality patient care in partnership with physician, interdisciplinary team and patient/family.
• Delegates, coordinates and oversees clinical operations and patient placement/unit staffing for hospital according to defined hospital standards.
• Responds appropriately and timely to disturbances, interruptions, and subtle and emergent changes in the work environment to minimize potential risks to hospital workflow.
• Supports and promotes initiatives of service recovery and assures communication for appropriate follow-up.
• Contributes to the development and evaluation of staff competency; provides objective feedback to assist with staff performance throughout the review cycle.
• Assists with monitoring of regulatory requirements as defined by hospital; facilitates essential communication related to patient care and operations; communicates closely with and supports leadership team regarding daily hospital operations.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Two years of experience in the clinical specialty within the last three years preferred.
• Prefer previous charge nurse experience.
• Possession of a BSN degree is preferred.

License/Certification

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse issued by the Washington State Board of Nursing.
• Current Healthcare BLS Certification.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or attainment within six months of hire
• Specialty certification preferred.

Equal Opportunity
CommonSpirit Health is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
External hires must pass a post offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at (415) 438-5575 and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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