Nurses collaborate with more than 14 different medical & surgical specialty services including Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Solid organ transplant and Hematology/Oncology.
This is what you will do: Provide orientation, ongoing education and skills training for staff and travelers. Provide real time input on new staff's clinical practice. Provide leadership through process improvement and supports program development, organizational mission, and goals. Applies the knowledge and skill necessary to provide appropriate interactions with staff, patients and families of all ages.
Qualifications: Please note: This position will require the Unit Based Educator to occasionally work evenings, nights and weekends to best meet the training and orientation needs of newly hired RNs into the PICU.
- Minimum of three (3) years of recent clinical RN experience in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
- Experience with education, teaching, and organizing and providing new staff orientation.
- Current Washington State RN License.
- At time of hire: Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers is required for all positions and must be maintained at all times. Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) will be accepted in lieu of BLS for Healthcare Providers.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) CPR is required within 3 months of employment: PALS is to be maintained at all times.
- National certification in pediatric critical care nursing (CCRN) is required within 3 years for positions within ICU departments (must be kept current once received).
- National certification in Nursing Professional Development is required within 3 years.
- As per the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for RN's performing moderately complex point of care testing, a copy of a diploma or transcript of the highest level of academic achievement to be on record with Human Resources upon hire. For personnel trained outside of the U.S., records of diploma/transcript must provide documented equivalency evaluation by a foreign credentialing agency.
- Five (5) years experience in related discipline.
- Management or charge nurse experience.
- Education and training experience.
- Ability to network on a local and national level with other care providers.
- National certification in Nursing Staff Development.
Vera Whole Health: Access to free health and wellness services at our near-site employee clinics.
Childcare Subsidy Program-provides eligible employees with financial assistance to supplement basic child care costs.
Please apply through our ATS.