Resource Transport Nurse

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: .9, Shift: Days, Schedule: 12 hour shifts, rotating weekends

Position Summary

The Resource Transport Nurse uses their advanced skills and training to assess, monitor and perform a variety of intervening procedures for patients during intra-facility transports as directed by the physician. You will make safety the paramount priority and use your exceptional communication, documention and reporting skills to support all inpatient departments throughout the hospital that care for the adult population, as well as inpatients holding in the Emergency Department. It’s an exciting time to be a nurse at MultiCare. We are on a journey to become a best-in-class nursing organization. Together, we are creating an environment where nurses are owners in the clinical decision-making process, are well connected, have open communication with their colleagues, feel supported to develop professionally, and understand the future of nursing at MultiCare.

Responsibilities

• Provides cardiac monitoring and interpretation of normal, expected abnormal, and
  abnormal
• Responds to expected or unexpected changes in patient rhythm with appropriate
  assessment, intervention, and notification
• Identifies and responds to patient condition deterioration with appropriate assessment,
  intervention, and notification
• Acts as a resource to patient care providers for clinical decisions and the provision of direct
  patient care.
• Communicates and collaborates, as appropriate, with physicians and other clinical
  disciplines in making decisions regarding each patient's care needs.
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with patient care providers,
  management, and physicians.
• Provides direct nursing care and assistance in special procedures such as establishment of
  patient airway, procedural sedation, lumbar punctures, thoracentesis, central line insertion,
  chest tube insertion, and vascular access.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, or obtained within five (5) years from the initial date of hire; RN with 15+ years of service or internal candidates hired before January 1, 2021 may be considered in satisfaction of this requirement in lieu of an education agreement
• Two (2) years of PCU, High Acuity Telemetry or ICU experience
• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse license in Washington State or Multistate License endorsement (MLS)
• Current BLS Certification
• ACLS required
• Procedural Sedation Certification (within 6 months of hire)
• NIHSS Certification
• Stroke and Trauma continuing education

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our employees
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” for several years running
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $54.64 - $94.29 USD.