In range for Washington PRN rolesWashington PRN postings that state pay run $79k/yr to $162k/yr, the middle half $94k/yr to $135k/yr, across 181 postings.
Overtime pay
$93/hr
The role and schedule
Weekends
No weekends
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Location: Federal Way, WA/Tacoma/Puyallup (Multiple Locations Available)
Job Type: Full-Time
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Schedule
Day Shift, Monday–Friday (40 Hours/Week)* Salary: $93,730 – $142,105.39 per year (DOE)
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Responsibilities
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Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, modify, and evaluate client care plans.
Provide basic-to-advanced client care or treatments, such as taking vitals, assessing for and dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, immunizations, and performing catheterizations.
Administer medications and intravenous fluids and monitor client for reactions or side effects.
Document and record resident observations and health-related information in electronic systems.
Observe and supervise licensed nurses and nurses' aides or assistants to ensure proper nursing care delivery.
Coordinates discharge planning and prepares discharge summaries and instructions.
As needed, collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
As needed, measure and record client’s vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
As needed, care for client by monitoring health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, assisting with mobility, and serving meals and snacks.
Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with clients, families, and coworkers.
Communicate resident observations and health-related information to others member of the care team including coworkers, supervisors, third-party providers, and families.
Learn and apply Company, Federal, State, and local rules, regulations, and policies.
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Qualifications
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Required
Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in Washington State.
Proficiency in completion of OASIS dataset.
CPR and First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.
Ability to understand and communicate in the English language.
Pay: $93,730.00 - $142,105.39 per year
Benefits
401(k)
401(k) matching
403(b)
403(b) matching
Continuing education credits
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Employee discount
Flexible schedule
Flexible spending account
Free parking
Health insurance
Health savings account
License reimbursement
Life insurance
Mileage reimbursement
Paid sick time
Paid time off
Parental leave
Referral program
Retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Wellness program
Education
Bachelor's (Required)
Experience
home health, hospice, or related healthcare: 2 years (Required)
Neighborhoods+These sources rarely name subdivisions, but they draw a consistent map: the Pacific Highway S (99) and 308th Street corridor is the pocket a former renter flagged for smash-and-grabs and street disorder, while streets closer to Puget Sound feel quieter, with older homes under big trees. Downtown Federal Way is described as changing in a good way, with more walkable energy, and Realtors highlight brand-new communities still being built. Many people use the city as a mid-priced Seattle–Tacoma commuter base—more like Kent or Renton than a self-contained urban village—so nurses often choose Sound-side calm versus easier north-south work access.
These sources rarely name subdivisions, but they draw a consistent map: the Pacific Highway S (99) and 308th Street corridor is the pocket a former renter flagged for smash-and-grabs and street disorder, while streets closer to Puget Sound feel quieter, with older homes under big trees. Downtown Federal Way is described as changing in a good way, with more walkable energy, and Realtors highlight brand-new communities still being built.
Many people use the city as a mid-priced Seattle–Tacoma commuter base—more like Kent or Renton than a self-contained urban village—so nurses often choose Sound-side calm versus easier north-south work access.
Getting around+U.S. News lists an average commute of about 28.37 minutes. Federal Way sits less than 25 miles from both Seattle and Tacoma; an apartment guide still calls it 20 minutes south of Seattle, which locals treating it as a two-direction commuter city would take as best-case, not peak traffic. Many residents already drive north or south for work, and the city’s activity pattern reflects that. Transit options are mentioned next to major shopping areas, but these sources do not name bus or Link lines, hospital campuses, or parking—verify drive time to your specific facility at shift change.
U.S. News lists an average commute of about 28.37 minutes. Federal Way sits less than 25 miles from both Seattle and Tacoma; an apartment guide still calls it 20 minutes south of Seattle, which locals treating it as a two-direction commuter city would take as best-case, not peak traffic.
Many residents already drive north or south for work, and the city’s activity pattern reflects that. Transit options are mentioned next to major shopping areas, but these sources do not name bus or Link lines, hospital campuses, or parking—verify drive time to your specific facility at shift change.
Outdoors+Celebration Park is the big civic green—room to play plus public sculptures—while Lakota Park is used for casual recreation such as frisbee and French Lake Off-Leash Dog Park is the dog destination. Signature nature sites are the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, including pop-up plant-vendor weekends, and Dash Point State Park on the Sound. Cascadian beaches, state parks, nature trails, and public playgrounds sit inside a coastal city that also draws nearly a million visitors a year to gardens and roller coasters. Mount Rainier is about an hour and a half away for weekend trips.
Celebration Park is the big civic green—room to play plus public sculptures—while Lakota Park is used for casual recreation such as frisbee and French Lake Off-Leash Dog Park is the dog destination. Signature nature sites are the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, including pop-up plant-vendor weekends, and Dash Point State Park on the Sound.
Cascadian beaches, state parks, nature trails, and public playgrounds sit inside a coastal city that also draws nearly a million visitors a year to gardens and roller coasters. Mount Rainier is about an hour and a half away for weekend trips.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Federal Way
Federal Way is a South King County coastal city of about 100,000, less than 25 miles from Seattle and Tacoma, selling a quieter, cheaper-than-Seattle life with beaches, gardens, and new construction. The split is real: Celebration Park, Lakota Park, French Lake dog park, Dash Point State Park, the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, and a bonsai museum versus Pacific Highway S near 308th, the corridor locals avoid after dark. Housing is not cheap—median home about $588,199 and rent $1,683, Homes.com average near $641,250—but still framed as affordable versus Seattle, with tree-lined Sound-side houses and brand-new communities. Food is everyday-diverse: H-Mart, C85 Bakery, Pac Island Grill, Pimienta Bistro and Bar, plus a farmers market and Taste of Federal Way. The Commons at Federal Way covers big-box errands. Average commute is listed at 28 minutes; many hospital shifts still mean driving north or south. Pick Sound-side or newer pockets, treat the 99 strip as a pass-through, and you get parks and space—not Seattle nightlife.
