National Resident RN

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare dating back to 1891. Building upon a legacy of compassionate care and innovation our organization has evolved over the years through strategic partnerships and integrations to expand our reach and services across the Puget Sound area.

Today as Virginia Mason Franciscan Health we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person body mind and spirit in the communities we serve. This commitment is strengthened by the diverse expertise and shared values brought together through our growth.

Our dedicated providers offer a full spectrum of health care services from routine wellness to complex disease management all grounded in rigorous research and education. Our comprehensive network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites strategically located across the greater Puget Sound region reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and comprehensive care.

We are proud of our pioneering medical advances and numerous awards and accreditations that reflect our dedication to excellence. When you join Virginia Mason Franciscan Health you become part of a team that delivers top-quality professional healthcare in modern well-equipped facilities and contributes to a legacy of service built on collaboration and shared purpose.

A CommonSpirit Health Nurse Resident is a new graduate direct clinical care registered nurse (RN) who continues todevelop nursing knowledge skills abilities and behaviors introduced in formal education as they transition intopractice. They are expected to demonstrate the appropriate competency in both core and functional areas listedbelow.
Progression is expected in the areas of leading through mission vision and values patient/customer focus takingownership health care knowledge teamwork clinical performance improvement service excellence decision makingand critical thinking and patient safety.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities:
1. Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and Patient Care: Builds skills to utilize current evidence based practiceknowledge the nursing process critical thinking and problem solving skills to provide holistic care to individualsacross the lifespan and care continuum.
2. Interprofessional Collaboration and Communication: Learns to collaborate and communicate with theinterprofessional team to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desiredpatient outcomes.
3. Leadership: Develops accountability for own practice delegated care and the coordination of care delivery.
Behaves in a manner that supports colleagues and maintains respect trust and dignity.
4. Professionalism: Acquires and maintains knowledge in nursing practice and assumes responsibility for theprofessional development of self.
5. Attainment of Core Competencies:
a. Taking Ownership: Has a basic understanding and knowledge of the current situation or issue at hand;ability to take full personal responsibility or ownership for assignments activities decisions and results.
b. Teamwork: Basic understanding and knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; participateseffectively as part of a team.
c. Patient / Customer Focus: Basic understanding of ensuring that the patient/customer perspective is adriving force behind our actions and business decisions; crafting and implementing service practices thatmeet patients/customers and own organizations needs. (Focus also includes internal and externalcustomers.)
d. Leading through Mission Vision and Values: Basic understanding keeping the organizations missionvision and values at the forefront of associate decision making and action.
e. Effective communication: Basic understanding of effective communication concepts tools andtechniques; ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information andneeds through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
f. Patient Safety: Basic understanding and knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcareenvironment and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
g. Clinical Performance Improvement: Basic understanding and knowledge of the factors contributing toquality patient care and the ability to influence these factors in a positive way.
h. Continuous Learning: Basic understanding of the rationale behind the necessity to continually learn andgrow and the ability to seek performance feedback and identify approaches to improve ones ownperformance and that of others.
i. Followership: Basic understanding of and ability to carry out strategies and tasks that support themission and goals of the leader and the organization.
j. Service Excellence: Basic understanding and knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques;ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct orindirect manner.
k. Healthcare Knowledge: Basic understanding and knowledge of the operating principles major issuesgovernmental regulations and code of ethics for the healthcare industry; ability to apply thisunderstanding appropriately to healthcare related situations.
l. Nursing Assessment and Care: Basic understanding of and ability to assess ailments and injuries ofpatients and implement a treatment plan.
m. Decision-Making and Critical Thinking: Basic understanding and knowledge of the decision-makingprocess and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reachproductive decisions based on informed judgment.
n. Clinical Skills: Basic understanding of and ability to provide clinical skills necessary for patient care taking therapeutic planning and monitoring etc. to achieve optimized outcomes in medicationtherapy and clinical treatment.

Required Minimum Knowledge Skills Abilities and Training:

Must meet the requirements of the year long program including preparation work and class attendance.
Must remain in a full-time position for the entirety of the year long program.
Must be able to work and train on either night or day shifts including holidays.
Must agree to terms and conditions of the program.

Job Requirements:

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a minimum of an Associates Degree in Nursing. Bachelors degree preferred.
0-12 months of professional nursing (RN) experience Active License as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State in which s/he will be practicing or the state of primary residency if the state is a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
Current BLS certification with the American Heart Association. Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance certifications may be required based on population(s) served and services provided.