JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Number: 210724

Department: Hyperbaric

Hours: Variable

With numerous awards and distinctions, including our recognition as Top Hospital of the Decade by The Leapfrog Group, Virginia Mason has transformed health care through our innovations in patient safety and our ability to provide patients in our community with easier access to our high-quality care. Consisting of a 336-bed hospital in Seattle, WA, and an extensive network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout the Puget Sound region, joining Virginia Mason is an exceptional opportunity to partner with nationally recognized physicians and peers, and an organization recognized as the benchmark for health care.

As a member of our team, you will contribute to the strength of our Team Medicine approach to collaborative medicine. You will also help to further our commitment to continuous improvement through our Virginia Mason Production System, and our philosophy of empowering you to facilitate real change in the delivery of care. Join us, and find out how many ways Virginia Mason offers you the chance to focus on what really matters - your patients.

The Virginia Mason Center for Hyperbaric Medicine is the Northwest's regional referral center for hyperbaric medicine. It is a multi-place, critical care-oriented, hyperbaric facility available 24 hours a day. It is the only Northwest hyperbaric facility accredited by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society and only the second in North America to receive accreditation "With Distinction." It is also the only Northwest facility staffed with physicians who are board certified in hyperbaric medicine.

The facility is nationally recognized for its research in the areas of carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness and the adverse effects of radiation, and is the regional referral center for the Divers Alert Network. The center also serves as the primary backup facility in the region for the United States Armed Forces as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and police, fire and rescue agencies.

The registered nurse provides high quality, skilled nursing services to assist patients to achieve optimum health and functional health status following an illness requiring hospitalization. Through collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals, the nurse prepares the patient and family for discharge to home or another setting for continued care.

Qualifications:

• CurrentWashington State Registered Nurse license required.


• Hyperbaric RN experience preferred.


• 
  Critical care experiencepreferred.


• Experience with VMMC hyperbaric patients preferred.


• BSN strongly preferred

Virginia Mason offers much more than competitive compensation and benefits. With continuing education opportunities and the added potential of relocation assistance, you will find our commitment to your well-being is both rewarding and refreshing.

There is also the lifestyle benefit that comes with finding yourself in the heart of the Pacific Northwest. Surrounded by the vibrancy and sophistication of one of the most livable cities in the country, finding the perfect urban or outdoor pursuit will instinctively and pleasurably become second nature.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.