Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Room, Full-Time, Day Shift bei Island Health

Island Health is offering $15,000 sign-on bonus for an experienced Emergency Department Registered Nurse for our Night Shift at our hospital in Anacortes, WA.

Work Schedule:

• 0.9 FTE / 36 hours per week
• Day Shift

Salary Range: $36.90 - $69.95

• Night Differential - $4.75
• Evening Differential - $3.25
• Weekend Differential - $4.00
• BSN (or higher) premium - $1.00/hour
• Certification premium - $1.00/hour

For Information on Employee Benefits and WSNA Contract

Why Choose Island Health?

Whether you’re a new grad or experienced in your field and considering a change, we invite you to explore a wide range of careers at Island Health with exceptional benefits including:

• Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Extended Illness Benefit
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability
• Vested Retirement Contribution
• Flexible Spending Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Recognition Events
• And More!

Emergency Department Registered Nurse Job Responsibilities:

• Provide direct care to patients from infancy to adulthood
• Demonstrates understanding of triage principles of life-threatening, urgent, and non-emergent categories of ED patients, and takes appropriate actions.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments, determining correct dosage calculations of prescribed medications in accordance with approved nursing standards.
• Utilizes 5 step nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation) to provide patient care.
• Participates in communication and problem solving with patient/significant other, health team members and other departments.
• Assesses knowledge level of patient/significant other and determines patient’s priority of felt needs.
• Teaches patients about their health needs including treatments, self-care, precautions, and access to future assistance by the health care team.
• Documents appropriate components of the nursing process according to established standards.
• 8 hours of stroke or related education per year.

Job Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Current Washington State RN License

Nurses with Emergency Department Experience:

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification
• Current Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification current or completed within 60 days of hire
• Trauma Nurse Care Curriculum (TNCC) proof of completion at least once in career

Nurses without Emergency Department Experience:

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) completion within 60 days of hire
• Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) completion within 90 days of hire
• Trauma Nurse Care Curriculum (TNCC) completion within 6 months of hire

Join our award-winning team and apply today!