RN - ICU Tele

Company: Swedish Health Services
Location: Issaquah
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

**Description:**

**Swedish Medical Center is looking for a Registered Nurse (0.9 FTE, Day Shift) to work in Intensive Care Telemetry at Swedish Issaquah in Issaquah, WA.**

**$20,000 Sign-on Bonus and Relocation (Externals Only)!**

_The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence-based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan._

**In this position you will:**

+ Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate patient's care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes

+ Effectively advocate for ethical and holistic care to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values and beliefs of those we serve

+ Foster a learning environment for patient/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team including students

+ Align practice with safety and quality

+ Be accountable for safety, identify and correct problems

+ Engage in ongoing professional development; promote a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates and disseminates research and evidence based practice

+ Lead and coordinate teams, delegate, coordinate care and collaborate with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge

**Qualifications:**

**Required** **qualifications for this position include:**

+ Nursing degree/diploma required upon hire

+ All Registered Nurses without a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Nursing must obtain a Bachelor's degree in Nursing or higher within 6 years of hire

+ A RN with 20 years of RN experience will not be required to obtain a BSN

+ Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis at each facility by the most senior administrative nursing leader in consultation with the Human Resources leader

+ Licensed as Registered Nurse in the State of Washington

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers required at time of hire from American Heart Association (AHA) or Military Training Network (MTN)

+ Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS)

+ National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Certification (NIHSS) within 30 days from hire

+ Tweleve (12) months acute care experience working with the patient population in Telemetry or ICU

**Preferred** **qualifications for this position include:**

+ Bachelor's degree in nursing upon hire

+ National Certification in area of specialty

**About the Issaquah Campus.**

With advances in technology, an environmentally friendly design and new hospital infrastructure, the campus is designed to be different. The new campus provides a broad range of inpatient and outpatient medical services including oncology, cardiac care, obstetrics, pediatric specialty care, emergency services, primary care and a host of other medical and surgical services and specialists.

**We offer comprehensive, best-in-class benefits to our caregivers. For more information, visit**

https://swedish.jobs/why-swedish/#benefits-rewards

**Our Mission**

Our Mission is to improve the health and well-being of each person we serve.

Our Vision is Health for a Better World.

**About Us**

Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Seattle area. It is comprised of five hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah); emergency rooms and specialty center in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Swedish Medical Group, a network of more than 128 primary care and specialty care locations throughout the greater Puget Sound area. Swedish employs nearly 13,000 caregivers (all employees), including nearly 1,400 providers. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we're committed to caring for the people in our region and beyond. Swedish is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Swedish does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, protected veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

**Schedule:** Full-time

**Shift:** Day

**Job Category:** Critical Care Nursing

**Location:** Washington-Issaquah

**Work Locations:** Issaquah Main Bldg (WA171) 751 Ne Blakely Dr Issaquah, 98029

**Req ID:** 356760

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