DSHS WSH Registered Nurse 2 - RN

<strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">DSHS WSH Registered Nurse 2</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br><a href="https://www.dshs.wa.gov/bha/division-state-hospitals/western-state-hospital" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.dshs.wa.gov/bha/division-state-hospitals/western-state-hospital" data-uw-rm-ext-link=""><br>Western State Hospital </a>is inviting Registered Nurses to join our nursing team. Our nurses are devoted to compassionate patient care, have a strong work ethic, and display consistently good judgment. Our clients are people with serious and/or long-term behavioral health issues who count on us as they work toward healing and growth. From minor interactions to the countless efforts to promote recovery, we matter, we are needed, and we make a difference in our clients' lives.<br><br>We're hiring full-time, part-time and on-call RNs. Eligible employees receive an excellent benefits package that rivals any employer in Washington State, and all experience a rewarding career and exciting opportunities to learn and grow.<br><br>We value our remarkable nursing staff and understand how important they are to our patients, their families, and our facility. If you want to explore inpatient psychiatric nursing and seek to use both your mind and heart to support your patients on their road to recovery, come join our team! We offer a great learning environment, a rewarding career, and opportunities for advancement.<br><br><strong>Some of what you'll do:</strong><br>In this role, you'll develop, lead, document, and direct the clinical care carried out by professional and paraprofessional nursing personnel in compliance with applicable nursing standards of care and practice. This involves assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patients' medical and psychiatry needs with a focus on providing the highest patient-focused quality care possible.<br><br>You're the liaison between our patients and their families to educate them in regard to the treatment plan. Our new team member should be a great communicator, developing long-term therapeutic relationships with our patients.  <br><br><strong>What we're looking for:</strong></span><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted">Professionals with a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State. </span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted">Must have g</span><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">raduated from an accredited school of professional nursing and have one year of professional nursing experience or college level nursing education. </span></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br><strong>Additional information:</strong></span><ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pierce County employees are eligible to receive an Orca Card for transportation needs.</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Evening and Night shifts include shift differential pay in addition to the standard compensation rate. </li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Opportunities performed on-site at this work location at least three days a week may be eligible for an additional 5% premium pay in addition to the advertised salary.   </li></ul><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Interested? </strong>Apply today.<br><br><span data-teams="true" data-pasted="true">The Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) vision that people find human services to shape their own lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency’s vision that you bring a fairness, access, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to support all Washingtonians, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.</span><br> <br><br></span><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted"><strong style=" font-weight: 700;">Questions? </strong></span><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;">Email DSHS Recruiter, Saleen Hernandez at <a href="mailto:saleen.hernandez@dshs.wa.gov">saleen.hernandez@dshs.wa.gov</a> or call the main Talent Acquisition line at 360-725-5810 and reference 03572.</span>Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle.<br> <br>Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any area of employment, its programs or services on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, religion or beliefs, political affiliation, military status, honorably discharged veteran, Vietnam Era, recently separated or other protected veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, equal pay or genetic information. Persons requiring accommodation in the application process or this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the Recruiter at (360) 725-5810. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call through Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.<br><br><a href="http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify" style="background: none;color: inherit;font-family: proxima-nova , Helvetica , Arial , sans-serif;cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii" src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/1924/jobpostings/image/E-Verify%20Job%20Ad%20Logo.jpg" style="height: 24.0px;width: 100.0px;"></a> <br>E-Verify® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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