Providence caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team at Swedish First Hill and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

For direct patient care roles: Performs and maintains currency of essential competencies as required by specific area of hire and populations served.

• Accountable for assigned clinical operations, coordinating patient care activities on a daily basis in collaboration with other members of the health care team. Accountable for appropriate patient care based on assessments of patient care and patient/family satisfaction.
• Conducts rounds on all patients on the nursing unit and identifies any real or potential patient care issues and intervenes accordingly. Investigates patient and family complaints and facilitates service recovery.
• In collaboration with the Manager, plans and implements department staffing and scheduling to provide adequate staffing levels and skill mix. Participates in planning, implementing, and monitoring performance improvement activities within the unit and outside the department. Provides guidance and feedback to staff so that trends in unit - based monitoring and evaluation reflect quality improvement and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Serves as a mentor and role model to charge RN's and others in the management and organization of patient care activities. Supports and participates in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of unit - based competency program. Assist manager in interviewing and hiring of staff for the unit and assist the manager to create and maintain a department environment that encourages staff development, retention of staff, customer services, and family - centered care. Assist manager in building physician relations.
• Participates in the identification, planning, and implementation of implementation of educational programs for all levels of staff and ensures active participation of staff in educational activities and research. Contributes to educational process and professional development of nursing students.
• Collaborates with the manager to complete performance evaluations of staff in timely manner. Supports compliance with behavior standards established by the manager and assists with counseling and the disciplinary process in accordance with labor management and hospital policies. Supports staff to be accountable for adhering to standards.
• Communicates shift information and/or problems to the appropriate person. Makes supervisor aware of any unusual incidents of the nursing unit. Demonstrates critical thinking skills in problem solving issues. Displays effective delegation and prioritization skills.
• Participates in developing and implementing the operational plan and establishing unit - based goals. Assist in maintaining and writing protocol and procedures for the unit. Participates in planning and preparing for monthly staff meetings and charge nurse meetings. Serves as a role model and resource to all levels staff on the unit.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited school.Applicants without a BSN degree must actively pursue and attain a BSN within five years of hire. Continued employment by Swedish beyond five years is contingent upon attaining the BSN degree.Registered Nurses employed by Swedish prior to December 1, 2012 are encouraged to pursue the BSN degree, but obtaining the degree will not be a condition of employment.
• Upon hire: Washington Registered Nurse License
• Upon hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association
• 2 years of recent experience in a related clinical area of nursing with demonstrated clinical knowledge and leadership qualities.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as a Charge Nurse.

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

About the Team

Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard, Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle), Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical Group, a network of 190+ primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we're dedicated to improving the wellbeing of rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 326078
Company: Swedish Jobs
Job Category: Nursing-Patient Facing
Job Function: Nursing
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Variable
Career Track: Leadership
Department: 3901 SFH MAIN AND SDS PRE POST
Address: WA Seattle 747 Broadway
Work Location: Swedish First Hill 747 Broadway-Seattle
Workplace Type: On-site
Pay Range: $56.74 - $91.34
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.