Req #: 238808

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Posting Date: 09/16/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $48.82 - $85.40 per hour

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20230701_a11y.pdf)

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine UW Medical Center–Northwest - Behavioral Health Float Pool has an outstanding opportunity for a Day Shift Registered Nurse . The Behavioral Health Float Pool is part of UW Medicine's Center for Behavioral Health and Learning - a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive facility designed to transform the way we approach mental health care.

WORK SCHEDULE:

• Day shifts (7:00am - 7:30pm)

• 3x12 shift schedule

• Weekend shift availability required POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Be part of a brand-new unit

• Provide nursing care to a variety of behavioral health patients DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION Our Behavioral Health Float Pool provides ad hoc and ongoing nursing coverage across all of our behavioral health floors, including our geriatric floor, our medical-surgical behavioral health floor, our involuntary long term civil commitment floor. This is a great opportunity to use your nursing expertise in a role where no two days are alike. ABOUT THE CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND LEARNING The new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning , which opened on the UW Medical Center – Northwest campus in 2024, offers an unparalleled opportunity to transform mental health care and to improve mental health care training in our state. Located in North Seattle, the new facility features 75 longer-term adult psychiatry beds, 25 geriatric psychiatry beds, 50 medical/surgical beds focused on patients with psychiatric comorbidities, and a state-of-the-art neuromodulation program. It also houses an interdisciplinary training and workforce development program focused on preparing and supporting the next generation of behavioral health providers for Washington State. The six-story building is a beautiful place to work with lots of windows, natural lighting and open-concept spaces and offers amenities including a new kitchen and dining area for patients, staff and visitors.Learn more about the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning here. (https://facilities.uw.edu/projects/behavioral-health-teaching-facility) PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide nursing support on our inpatient psychiatric units during urgent and emergent situations

• Collaborate closely with the nursing supervisor to triage and prioritize patient needs

• Provide safe, therapeutic care for patients with complex behavioral health needs

• Deliver direct patient care, including crisis intervention, de-escalation, and therapeutic communication

• Administer medications, perform assessments, and conduct interventions following established protocols

• Actively participate in emergency management, which includes responding to behavioral codes, rapid response calls, and critical situations

• Engage in committees and continuing education programs relevant to behavioral health nursing REQUIREMENTS

• 1 year of recent inpatient psychiatric nursing experience

• Active licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State

• Active BLS

• Must be willing to work with geriatric psychiatric patients

• Must be able to provide medical-surgical care to a behavioral health patients of low and high acuity ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion. Teamwork. Community. Opportunity. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-northwest) ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.