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Req #: 236058

Department: PIONEER SQUARE DOWNTOWN PROGRAMS

Posting Date: 07/29/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $8,204.00 - $14,902.00 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: The University of Washington (UW) offers a wide range of benefits as part of your total compensation package. Choose from top medical and dental insurance programs; plan for your future with tax-deferred investing through the UW retirement options; enjoy generous vacation and sick leave policies; and protect yourself and your family with life and long-term disability insurance. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20220908_a11y.pdf)

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center has an outstanding opportunity for an Assistant Nurse Manager (RN3) to work in our Pioneer Square Downtown programs Field Based team which focuses on Harborview's mission population to address health equity issues by increasing access to care in our unique primary care settings, homeless shelters, housing programs or community settings for people without housing or vulnerably housed.

WORK SCHEDULE: • Full-time, 100% FTE, 40 hours per week • M-F day shift

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS: • Bring your compassionate experience in taking care of people with comorbid conditions including people with substance use disorders, mental illnesses, and complex physical health conditions • Work collaboratively with outside agencies and assist with transitions of care from ED or hospital discharge • Opportunity to work with an underserved, disenfranchised homeless population

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION: Pioneer Square Downtown Programs are focused on serving Harborview Medical Center’s mission populations. Our service model is to bring nursing, mental health, and medical care to community sites to serve adults who are homeless, vulnerably housed and low income providing care by appointment or walk-in. All our programs are located within the community to reduce barriers to care and help establish a medical home that is easily accessible to our most vulnerable neighbors. Working within a model of team medicine, the RN is responsible for complex care coordination, walk-in triage and completing patient care tasks including complex wound care, medication management and patient education.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provide clinical care provision (60-80%) and administrative support for our sites and nursing team (20-40%). • Work within one or more homeless shelters providing nursing care and linkages for shelter clients, triage various health concerns, and make appropriate referrals and recommendations for clinical care. • Perform specific leadership functions related to clinical practice, education and/or management as delegated by and in collaboration with the Clinic Practice Manager and Clinic Medical Director. • Provide leadership for program and divisional activities that promote delivery of quality nursing care, effective problem solving, communication, and professional development for self and others. • Serve as a role model for the team and provides guidance to other staff including review and evaluation of performance. • Utilize the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to prescribe, prioritize, delegate, coordinate and provide safe, therapeutic nursing care to patients/families. • Make independent decisions and take action regarding a wide range of routine and complex patient problems and situations. • Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate to coordinate continuity of patient care.

REQUIREMENTS: • Active, valid Washington State or Multi-state RN license required by start date. • Two years of experience working as an RN. • Ability to practice independently to the full scope of RN licensure, complete nurse led encounters with standing protocols and/or provider orders. • Experience working with vulnerably housed individuals and patients dealing with mental illness and substance use disorder. • Experience working with diverse populations including limited English proficiency and immigrants

ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/harborview-medical-center) Become part of our team and join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

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.

Find your place at Washington’s only integrated health system devoted to improving the health of all people. (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.