RN Inpatient - Therapeutic Endoscopy

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award winning health systems in Washington state CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington our team includes 18000 staff and nearly 5000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region.

Virginia Mason is recognized internationally for endoscopic treatment of gastroesophageal hepatic and pancreaticobiliary disorders. Patients come from all over the world for treatment at Virginia Mason. Several endoscopic advances as well as novel therapeutic treatments are in use at Virginia Mason including ERCP with endoscopic ultrasound. Together these modalities produce exquisite images of the biliary tree pancreas and liver and allow dual modality drainage for severe cases of pancreatic necrosis as well as other pancreaticobiliary disorders. Virginia Mason has been ranked consistently among the top five medical centers in Washington state for treatment of GI disorders. Virginia Mason is the ONLY hospital in the State of Washington to be named by Healthgrades as:

• Americas 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care

In addition to these awards Virginia Mason received five-star ratings for: gastrointestinal medical treatment; gastrointestinal procedures and surgeries; treatment of gastrointestinal bleed; treatment of bowel obstruction; and treatment of pancreatitis.

Responsibilities: The Registered Nurse provides high quality skilled nursing care across a diverse patient population with a wide variety of acute and critical conditions. Our nurses assist patients to achieve optimum health and functional health status following an illness requiring hospitalization.

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We require:

• Current WA State RN license is required before start date.
• One (1) years recent RN experience with acute care patients.
• CPR certification is required every two years or as specified by the work.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing approved by the Washington State Board of Nursing.
• Specialty Certification CGRN preferred.
• ACLS will be required within 60 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Therapuetic GI Endoscopy experience is strongly preferred. Will consider RNs with ICU or special procedures experience.

This position does require some on call shifts: The requirements are: (1) full weekend per month. The weekend on call begins Saturday morning at 7am - Monday at 07.00am; plus (2) weeknights per month. These two weeknight shifts are generally NOT scheduled back-to-back. Weeknight call begins at 5:30pm-0700 am.