Job Description
Responsibilities
$, SIGN ON BONUS for 2+ years of acute care experience
Nursing at GW Hospital
Nurses at GWUH identify as essential partners with providers, ancillary, and support staff in an academic medical center, that is Defining Medicine.
Our professional RN staff seek best practice opportunities to enhance patient care through unit and system-based quality initiatives, evidenced based research and practice and interdisciplinary care.
Recently, GW Hospital embarked on the ANCC Magnet journey. Our nurse leaders and staff are laser focused on exceptional patient outcomes and are defining healthcare for the st century.
This commitment is evidenced by our LEAPFROG grade of B, the only hospital in DC to receive this honor. Nurses stay at GW Hospital because of :
- Professional development opportunities
- Teamwork
- Interdisciplinary Care
- Advances in academic medicine
Unit Summary :
The -bed unit is dedicated to providing high-quality pre / post general surgical care as well as managing the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.
The RN will be responsible for providing patient-focused nursing care to patients with various surgical needs, including Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies, Tracheostomies, kidney and liver transplants, and trauma patients.
RNs on this unit can learn about a wide range of surgical procedures and techniques, which can enhance their expertise and contribute to their professional development.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Current RN License in good standing with state licensing board.
- BSN required OR enrollment and completion of BSN within 5 years
- Minimum of 1 year of Med Surg experience in an acute care setting.
- BLS certification (ACLS within 3 months of hire)
RN Benefits, Special Incentives & Perks
- Sign On Bonus : Up to $, for full time positions
- Up to $3, Relocation Assistance for full time positions
- Extra shifts bonus $3, *(restrictions apply)
- $4 to $8 per hour shift differential
- $1, annual certification bonus
- $5, RN Referral Bonus
- $ monthly commuter subsidy full time
- Challenging and rewarding work environment with advanced technological systems, processes, and practice
- Commitment to Wellness sponsored by the Strategic Employee Engagement Council and GWU Wellness Center
- Commitment to Diversity sponsored by the Diversity & Inclusion Council
k) with company match up to 6%
- Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
- Shared Governance Model
- RN to BSN Scholarship at George Washington University
- RNs from Montgomery County College or Northern Virginia (NOVA) with a 3.0 are automatically admitted to GWU *(some restrictions apply)
- No Mandatory Overtime. Schedule your own shifts
- E.A.R.N. Clinical Nurse Advancement Program with monetary reward
- Significant opportunities to grow and develop through job-related training, continuing education, and mobility up and across UHS subsidiaries.
- The Option to Waive your Paid Time Off Days and take an additional % Increase on your Base Rate.
- Employee discounts and much more !!
The mission of GW Hospital is to provide the highest quality healthcare, advanced medical technology, and world-class service to its patients in an academic medical center dedicated to education and research.
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc.
UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune corporation, annual revenues were $.
3 billion in 3. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately , employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.
S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.