Nurse Technician
Seattle, Washington
This 8-week, full-time program is designed to increase students' clinical skills, judgment and critical thinking. Virginia Mason Medical Center is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
Posted Sep 11
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour days
- Unit and setting
- Medical / Surgical Acute · Hospital
- License
- RN license
- Term
- 8 weeks · Permanent This 8-week, full-time program is designed to increase students' clinical skills, judgment and critical thinking.Full-time
Do you qualify?
- Education
- enrolled in a nursing program The Nurse Technician position is a role for nursing students, designed to increase their clinical skills, judgment and critical thinking while enrolled in a nursing program.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Seattle staff RN postingsSeattle staff RN postings that state pay run $44/hr to $52/hr, the middle half $47/hr to $51/hr, across 202 postings.
Benefits
- Benefitsprescription drugprescription drug
- Benefitsvision plansvision plans
- Benefitslife insurancelife insurance
- Benefitspaid time offpaid time off
- Benefitstuition reimbursementtuition reimbursement
- Benefitsretirement plan benefit(s) including 401(k), 403(b)retirement plan benefit(s) including 401(k), 403(b)
- medical
- dental
The role and schedule
- Not in this role
- Charge shifts
- Day to day
- direct patient care under the supervision of an RN
- Day to day
- assists patients with activities of daily living
- Day to day
- changes dressings
- Day to day
- performs urinary catheterization
- Hours stated
- Sun-Sat / 0700-1930
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Your preceptor
- A preceptor is assigned to you One to one mentor relationships with a registered nurse will help build confidence in the science and art of nursing.
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
Original listing
Posted on Virginia Mason Medical Center’s careers page.
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Are you attending an ADN or BSN program in another area but call Seattle home? Are you a local student but not able to work during this school year? This might be an ideal role for you to consider.
This 8-week, full-time program is designed to increase students' clinical skills, judgment and critical thinking. One to one mentor relationships with a registered nurse will help build confidence in the science and art of nursing. The Nurse Technician position is a role for nursing students, designed to increase their clinical skills, judgment and critical thinking while enrolled in a nursing program.
One to one mentor relationships with a registered nurse will help build confidence in the science and art of nursing. Nursing students working as Nurse Technicians will be able to connect with Virginia Mason Medical Center, a premier healthcare organization, to assess feasibility of employment post-graduation and will have an opportunity to work alongside members of the healthcare team and move into a Registered Nurse position after graduation. The Nurse Technician provides direct patient care under the supervision of an RN, assists patients with activities of daily living, changes dressings, performs urinary catheterization and other treatments and procedures in accordance with formal training received through their nursing degree program.
What's around it?
Seattle, WAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,030/mo
- Household income
- $123,860/yr, all local households, not nurse pay