As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Adheres to the department’s and hospital’s policies and procedures, including safety, risk management and regulatory standards. Keeps abreast of trends, developments and regulatory requirements impacting matters within designated scope of responsibility.
• Administers, oversees and documents the administration of medications (e.g., topically, orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously and intravenously) as ordered by the healthcare practitioner and in accordance with hospital policy.
• Assesses patient to include physical, psychosocial, cultural, behavioral/emotional, developmental and spiritual needs. Gathers data relevant for patient care. Implements appropriate patient interventions and evaluates outcomes. Plans care appropriately based on needs identified during initial and on-going assessments. Provides holistic, comprehensive, and professional nursing care to patient within the scope of practice. Implements appropriate patient interventions and evaluates outcomes. Prepares patient for discharge and assists with coordinating post discharge needs.
• Cultural Sensitivity and Competence: Demonstrates proper use of available communication tools/materials for effective communication and understands how the culture(s) of patient populations can affect communication, collaboration and the provision of care, treatment and services. Patient Populations Served: Demonstrates knowledge and proper skills associated with the department’s defined specific populations served.
• Demonstrates competent professional practice and engages in opportunities for professional growth. Demonstrates self accountability to meet stated deadlines for all mandatory requirements.
• Documents care delivered and patient status utilizing the nursing process in accordance with FHS standards of care, for example, changes in patient condition, patient responses to intervention and reassessments of pertinent findings. Receives and assures appropriateness, accuracy, timeliness and execution of physician orders.

What you'll do:

• Assist surgeons and the surgical team in the OR.
• Care for patients before, during, and after procedures.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans for surgical patients.
• Ensure operating rooms are prepped with all necessary equipment and supplies.
• Demonstrate a high level of compassion for patients.

Why choose us?

At St. Joseph Medical Center, we believe in living our mission to provide compassion to everyone. We support our employees, enabling them to deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We advocate for all in the communities we serve, especially the most vulnerable. Choose an organization that champions your talents and nurtures your career.

We are offering a sign-on bonus to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements!

Required

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing., upon hire and
• Completion of an approved OR residency or
• minimum of one year previous OR experience. and
• Registered Nurse: WA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and One year of related work experience in an acute care setting, upon hire and
• If assigned to the Gig Harbor Same Day Surgery (SDS) facility, related work experience in a free-standing surgery center
• Certified Nurse Operating Room, upon hire