Overview

Current Incentives for this Role:

• Up to a $10,000 Sign-On Bonus**

• Up to $25,000 in Education Loan Forgiveness for qualifying loans

• Up to a $10,000 RN Residency Completion Bonus for qualifying RN Residents

• Relocation Assistance for experienced RNs

CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason are now united to build the future of patient-centered care across the Pacific Northwest. That means a seamlessly connected system offering quality care close to home. From basic health needs to the most complex, highly specialized care, our patients can count on us to meet their needs with convenient access to the region’s most prestigious experts and innovative treatments and technologies. While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!

Responsibilities

St. Anthony Hospital has been redesignated in 2022 by Pathway to Excellence® for demonstrating a commitment to a healthy workplace through professional development, shared decision making, leadership, safety, quality and well-being.

We are a specialized, fast-paced, observation unit comprised of 16 room dedicated to responding to the needs of the patient who requires ongoing diagnostic testing or observation prior to discharge or admission. Our staff provide compassionate, high quality care that is respectful, patient and family-centered, safe and cost-efficient.

Our nurses are adept at working with fast paced changes and coordinating care since stays are typically less than 24-48 hours in this unit. Despite the rapid patient turnover, nurses in this unit demonstrate their caring by quickly establishing a rapport with the patient and involving them in their own care. The staff experience the professional satisfaction that comes with making a difference every day for their patients. We utilize a shared governance structure within our hospital. The patient population includes those experiencing chest pain, stroke, congestive heart failure exacerbation, uncontrolled hypertension, dehydration, and post-procedural recovery for cardiac catheterization and short stay surgery.

The patient rooms in the department are procedural bays and include computers in every room to facilitate bedside documentation and medication verification. All beds are telemetry monitored. We utilize Epic as our electronic health record. This unit is embedded in the perioperative area with a central nursing workstation.

Staffing:

The management structure of the Telemetry Observation unit consists of a Clinical Manager who provides leadership and education. The Unit is staffed with a Charge RN, 3-4 RN’s and a CNA coverage. Support services are provided by Respiratory Therapy, Critical Care Pharmacists, PT/OT and a Dietician. RN assignments are determined by patient census and acuity and normal RN ratios are 1:4 or 1:5.

Qualifications

Job Requirements: 

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred

Previous Medical/Surgical experience preferred. New graduates may be considered for RN residency positions.

Current RN license from the Washington State Board of Nursing

Current BLS with the American Heart Association only.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) must be obtained within 6 months of hire

**Sign-On Bonus paid in lump sum within 30 days of hire. Eligible candidate must have a minimum of one year of RN experience in this specialty area, may not be a current employee of Virginia Mason Francican Health, nor previously FTE-employed with VMFH within the last 12 months. Minimum of 0.6 FTE required, and total amount paid is prorated to the FTE. Requires a 2-year commitment.