Registered Nurse @ Vifr

Join Vashon Island Fire & Rescue as a Mobile Integrated Health Nurse

Surrounded by the beautiful Puget Sound, Vashon-Maury Island is a 37-square-mile gem just a short ferry ride from Seattle, Tacoma, or Port Orchard. The island offers a peaceful escape with charming farms, shops, beaches, and the iconic Point Robinson Lighthouse. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) proudly serves nearly 11,000 full-time residents, providing emergency medical services, fire suppression, and rescue operations.

Position Description/ Requirements

The Mobile Integrated Health Nurse is part of a treatment and outreach team that coordinates and delivers health services in the Vashon/Maury Island community setting. The Mobile Integrated Nurse’s primary focus is to respond to scheduled patients at the district’s headquarters station or in their home and connect patients to acute care services. The RN also works to identify, engage, and connect high-needs individuals to the right medical, behavioral, and social services in the community.

The RN works in collaboration with a dynamic multidisciplinary team that includes Mid-Level Providers, Licensed Independent Social Workers, a MIH Coordinator and the MIH Program Manager.

Vashon MIH is expanding to 7-day operations in January 2027, and we are hiring RNs. All shifts are 10 hours, 8:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m., with an unpaid 30-minute lunch. Please tell us in your application which options you’re interested in. You may select more than one.

Schedule Options

• Full-time, weekend schedule: Four shifts per week, Friday through Monday. Includes every Saturday and Sunday.
• Full-time, weekday schedule: Four shifts per week, Tuesday through Friday.
• Per diem: Regularly scheduled or as-needed shifts, any day of the week including weekends. Tell us which days you’re generally available and how many shifts per month you’d be available.

Full-time schedules are 40 hours per week with three consecutive days off. Final schedule assignment is based on program needs and candidate preference.

Full-Time Nurse Pay & Benefit Details

Salary: $121,950

100% Paid Employer-Paid medical/dental/vision premiums for employee & dependents

4.5% base wage employer contribution to Deferred Compensation

VEBA/HRA, Disability, PERS Retirement

Per Diem Nurse Pay & Benefit Details

Salary: $58.63 per hour

Sick Leave: 1 Hour per 40 Hours Worked, Washington State Paid Sick Leave

Essential Functions

• Respond to scheduled appointments with patients that have low-acuity medical, behavioral, and social needs.
• Deliver appropriate acute care services.
• Identify high-risk clients with complex needs.
• Make whole person assessments.
• Connect high-risk clients to whole-person care services.
• Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients.
• Provide and promote excellence in customer service for community members and partnering providers.
• Pilot test new workflows and digital tools to improve tracking and communication between health and social service agencies.
• Employee may support Public Relations and/or Public Education events.
• Employee may be required to attend program related conferences/training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge

• Emergency medical incident reporting system.
• HIPAA rules and regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Personal computer systems as applicable, including MS Office Suite.
• Social services available within Vashon Island, surrounding areas, and the State of Washington as well as any federally related support programs.

Skills

• Communicate with others both orally, in writing, and electronically, using technical and non-technical language.
• Understand and follow oral and/or written policies, processes, and instructions.
• Exercise independent judgment and initiative in managing multiple projects and assignments.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with both external and internal customers.
• Proper use of telephone etiquette and techniques to properly assist a diverse assortment of inquiries from the community.
• Operation of modern office practices, procedures, and equipment including personal computers and related software such as word processing and spreadsheet programs.

Abilities

• Care for patients within a certified scope of practice.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of medical terminology.
• Develop and demonstrate familiarity with local community resources.
• Work collaboratively in a team and manage multiple priorities, utilize effective time management skills, and exercise sound administrative and clinical judgment.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the EMS delivery system within the department and King County.
• Work autonomously, independently organize, prioritize, and manage time.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
• Assist in building healthy interagency relationships.
• Travel to multiple home visit patient appointments.
• Develop curriculum and deliver training and educational materials.

Education

• Unencumbered RN license in the State of Washington
• Certified in CPR (Health Care Provider)

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as an RN preferred.

Preferred

• BSN/BA in nursing.
• Experience working with elderly or a Public Health background.
• Experience in a community/outpatient setting providing care management/coordination.
• Spanish or other second language ability.
• 5 plus years of experience in clinical healthcare setting, home health, chronic care, or other related acute care healthcare delivery setting.
• Experience working with underserved or vulnerable populations.

Or, in place of the above requirement, applicant may possess any combination of relevant education and experience which would demonstrate the individual's knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above.

Licenses and other Requirements

• Driver's License

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, and listen. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to manipulate, handle, or operate objects, controls, or tools as listed above, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel or crouch. Must be able to assist patients and lift when necessary, utilizing lift assistance devices.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee may be exposed to individuals who are irate or hostile. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Pre-Employment Requirements

Final candidate will need to successfully pass a background screening that includes driving records and a psychological interview process.

Commitment to Diversity

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. All information provided will be used solely for employment purposes and not for discrimination.

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