MultiCare Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg Assistant for a nursing job in Spokane, WA.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Med Surg
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Employment Type: Staff
You Belong Here.
At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission – partnering and healing for a healthy future – and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.
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Our Nursing Assistant Registered to Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA) Program is open for applications! Prior to applying, please visit our training program website at
Nursing Assistant Training Program – MultiCare Health System Jobs
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The Nurse Assistant Training Program is intended for people who do not currently hold a CNA license.
If you are not eligible for this program, please visit our careers website for other opportunities at: MultiCare Health System Jobs: Hospital and Nursing Jobs
Location:
We have positions available in various units at Valley Hospital and Deaconess Hospital.Cohort state Dates:
September 23, 2024Qualifications
• High School Diploma/GED Required
• 18 years of age or older
• Previous patient care or customer service experience preferred
• Nursing Assistant Registered Licensure is to be obtained from the Department of Health within 4 weeks of hire. MultiCare will reimburse for this cost.
• CPR Certification is to be obtained within 2 weeks of hire. MultiCare will pay for this cost.Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Maintain patient confidentiality
• Perform duties as assigned in an accurate and timely manner
• Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
• Decisions regarding patient care or services require review and approval of RN
• The ability to work as a team and independently
• Dealing with bodily fluids, and the possibility of working around those with contagious diseases
• Demonstrates initiative, problem solving ability, adaptability, and flexibility
• Adhere to standards and procedures of the organization
• Work and communicate within a professional manner
• This position requires prolonged standing and walking each shift
• Maintain regular and consistent attendance
• Working in a hospital setting does require the possibility of working weekends and holidaysPay & Benefits: This is a paid, benefits eligible position. Benefits are effective on the first of the month following 30 days of employment at MultiCare.
Program Details:
• The Nursing Assistant Registered to Nursing Assistant Certified (CNA) Program is a 7-week course (depending on holiday closures).
Students who miss class twice are subject to removal from the program. situations will be looked at on a case-by-case basis.MultiCare will pay the cost of the following items:
• CNA course
• Nursing Assistant Registered Licensure
• CPR Certification
• Nursing Assistant Certified Licensure (First attempt only)Supplies:
For classroom instruction you will need:
• Scrubs (also needed for clinical instruction)
• Watch with a second hand
• Proper ShoesProgram Schedule:
If extended an offer, the schedule during the training program will be:
• Monday-Friday, which includes clinical training and classroom training.
• The position is a .8 FTE (32 hours/week) schedules will be 8:00am-4:30pm
• Candidates should be prepared to dedicate 40 hours a week to clinical time, classroom time, and homework. This includes 32 hours of work/class time and 8 hours of homework/study time each week.After Training:
• Once training is completed and licensure has been obtained your schedule will change to 12-hour shifts (three days a week on a rotating schedule). Days or nights are available.
FTE: .8 Shift: Day Schedule: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm for the first seven weeks of training. After training Days/Nights available. 3 days a week, 12 hours each day.
Position Summary
The Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR) works under the direction of a Registered Nurse to provide quality care that is focused on the comfort and well being of the patient and family. Functions include basic patient care activities and customer service-oriented delivery of care to patients as defined by the nursing assistant skills competency evaluation checklist. This position requires a service-oriented individual with strong interpersonal skills for the purpose of supporting the delivery of care and services to patients from diverse ethnic and social groups. Independent decision-making is expected in the execution of daily routine duties. Decisions regarding patient care or services require the review and approval of the Registered Nurse. Internal contact may include patient care, Laboratory, and Pharmacy staff and management. External contacts include physicians, patients, families, and visitors.
Responsibilities
- Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR) licensure obtained within four (4) weeks of hire
- BLS certification obtained within two (2) weeks of hire
- Previous patient care experience preferred
Our Values
As a MultiCare employee, we’ll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.
Why MultiCare?
- Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
- Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
- Market leadership: Washington state’s largest community-based, locally governed health system
- Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” in 2023
- Technology: “Most Wired” health care system 15 years in a row
- Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
- Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest – offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn
Pay and Benefit Expectations
We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $18.78 – $18.78 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.
Associated benefit information can be viewed here.
About MultiCare Health System
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.