CNA relocating to WA

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Hello all,

I am looking into relocating to Seattle, WA within the next few months.

I will be taking another trip out there the first week of September.

My CNA is currently active and in good standing with the WA state board.

I am just curious on where to apply for jobs?

I am really interested in working 12/hr shifts but I've noticed that is not big in WA, even in the hospitals.

I've also heard about 16/hr shifts on the weekends. If anyone has any leads please let me know :yes:

A little information about me:

I'm 23 years old, no children and will be going to nursing school once I get settled in.

I have a years worth of experience working in LTC with Alzheimer's and Dementia and 6 months experience doing Hospice care.

I'm really hoping to get something doing 12/hr shifts and seeing this will be my first time moving to another state (by myself) -_- I would like to be able to have the 4 days off just in case I need to come back to my home state for family emergencies, family events, etc.

Any leads will be greatly appreciated..

Looking forwards to hearing from you all.

Thank you.

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Specializes in Critical Care Transport, Cardiac ICU, Rapid.

Hello! I'm a young CNA from Washington as well and am well versed with many facilities that you could possibly work with within the state. What part are you relocating towards? You would be correct about facilities not offering 12 hour shifts, currently I work in a hospital and we offer 8, 12, and short 4 hour shifts however looking over your experience you will need at least 6 months of Skilled Nursing Experience to make your application competitive towards some of the non-UW related hospitals such as Swedish or Virginia Mason. At many if not all LTC facilities they will offer the normal 8 hour shifts with 16 hour shifts applicable only if they are lacking in workers on that particular day normally. I did that for 4 months at my now on call SNF prior to working in the hospital and it's nice to work only 2-3 days a week for sure but definitely is killer with school

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Seattle Childrens offers 12 hr shifts. I think they might be hiring now too.

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I worked at Virginia Mason not terribly long ago. I really liked it there and I've found that it's a good place to have on your resume. The vast majority of CNAs there were on 12 hour shifts, and I think your prior LTC experience would be really helpful toward getting a job on a lot of the units there. Check into openings at their Bailey Boushay House, too, if you have a particular calling toward hospice. :)

I don't know if Kindred does 12 hour shifts but that might be worth looking into as well--it's a long term acute care hospital.

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Hello all,

thank you so much for all the information you've all provided.

I will keep all your tips in mind. I have 3 interviews set up when I come for my trip in September. Two are for Home Health/Hospice and one is for a facility. I was curious if any of you knew the pay rate for CNAS in Seattle?

Oh and I've been looking into a majority of the cities close to Seattle. (Federal Way, Kent, Renton) I've also been looking into renting a room. So I'm pretty open if any of you have any ideas of places/areas it will be greatly appreciated :-)

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Specializes in Critical Care Transport, Cardiac ICU, Rapid.

OP send me a pm I know the facilities around those areas pretty well

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Specializes in Post Acute, Med/Surg, ED, Nurse Manager.

Many of the Fortis Managment group owned Long term care units offer 12 hour shifts and many have CNA signing bonuses right now. I have worked for them and was happy with my experience. But "hospital hill" in seattle sounds like an easy place to find CNA work as well. Plus hospitals offer higher pay.

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Thank you so much. @valcorie34

By any chance do you have a link for them? Or a name everything I've been researching for them is giving me information for WI.

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