Registered Nurse Lead - MSU

About the job

Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics in Colfax is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse Lead for its Medical Surgical Unit (MSU). The lead keeps a regular bedside nursing role while acting as the unit's clinical resource, educator and staffing coordinator alongside the Director of Inpatient Services. The role does not carry hiring, firing, discipline or performance review authority unless the director delegates it.

The posting describes Whitman Hospital as a rural acute care hospital whose medical-surgical unit cares for adult inpatients.

What you'll do

• Work scheduled bedside shifts on the MSU, caring for adult inpatients and keeping acute medical-surgical nursing skills current
• Act as a clinical resource for nurses during assigned shifts and help respond to changes in patient condition and emergencies
• Help nursing leaders build and maintain the unit's staffing schedule, handling time-off requests, coverage needs and staffing gaps
• Review census, acuity, staff skills and staffing patterns and suggest ways to make staffing steadier and more flexible for a rural acute care hospital
• Coordinate orientation, onboarding, education and competency checks for MSU nurses and nursing support staff, and keep training records complete
• Build and update orientation tools, competency checklists and training plans, and organize drills, simulations and continuing education
• Create individual cross-training plans for qualified nurses who work elsewhere in the hospital, arranging preceptors, education and skills validation
• Take part in quality and patient safety work, and help revise unit policies, procedures and competency standards
• Serve as a mentor and role model and as the link between MSU staff and nursing leadership

What you need

• A Washington RN license at the time you apply
• At least 3 years of acute care nursing experience, recent
• BLS certification within 30 days of hire, kept current
• ACLS and PALS within three months of hire, kept current
• Good written and spoken communication skills
• Frequent walking, reaching, kneeling, bending and handling of objects up to 20 pounds
• Occasionally lifting and carrying as much as 50 pounds, and pushing or pulling more than 50 pounds
• Occasional climbing, kneeling and crawling, and constant fine finger work

Preferred

• Medical-surgical experience (strongly preferred)
• A Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Past experience as a charge nurse, preceptor, educator or supervisor

Schedule

• Day shift, 36 hours a week (full-time)
• May include irregular hours, weekends and on-call duties
• Occasional travel to off-site meetings, education and training

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement options, including 403(b) and 457 plans
• Medical coverage that starts on your first day, for both full-time and part-time staff
• Discounts on medical services at Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics
• Evening, night and weekend shift differentials
• A PTO plan whose accrual grows with each year of service