RN / Registered Nurse - Harborview International Medicine Clinic (Per-Diem)

Registered Nurse Opportunity At Harborview Medical Center's International Medicine Clinic

Harborview Medical Center's International Medicine Clinic has an outstanding opportunity for a part-time Registered Nurse. WORK SCHEDULE: 0% FTE, per-diem, Day Shift.

Department Description: The unique International Medicine Clinic at Harborview offers high-quality primary and mental healthcare services to adult refugees and immigrants ages 16 and older. The full services of UW Medicine are available for other specialty care needs or hospitalization. We also offer a Community House Calls program to visit patients at home and make follow-up visits. We have an in-office pharmacy to provide full-service pharmacy services to international clinic patients. Services include prescription fulfillment and pickup, travel medicine consulting, and immunization. We know getting the right care can be confusing, so our patient care coordinators help patients with a variety of issues related to care such as health insurance, making appointments and contacting other agencies. Our staff speaks a number of additional languages, including Amharic, Cantonese, Chao Jo, Mandarin, Hmong, Khmer, Laotian, Mien, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya and Vietnamese. Interpreter services are available.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS: Conveniently located near public transportation, make a difference for the patients and employees we serve, opportunity to provide career growth.

Primary Job Responsibilities: Create a culture of professional excellence and an environment that values clinic staff and the population they serve, management of patient care, providing medical advice in both urgent and routine situations, and serving as a source of backup expertise for all the members of the clinic staff, assist the provider in performance of procedures, and as an independent provider of certain RN procedures, provide direct care and assist in delivering preventive client-focused health services for women, including assessment, education, intervention and counseling related to health maintenance and other assigned duties, coordinate care for a group of patients, ensuring continuity of their care received by the clinic.

Requirements: Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Washington, previous outpatient or ER nursing experience, must be available at least 4 shifts per month, equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

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. 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, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Compensation, Benefits And Position Details: Pay Range Minimum: $46.97 hourly, Pay Range Maximum $87.02 hourly, Other Compensation $1.00/hour BSN premium. For information about benefits for this position, visit