St. Patrick RN

I work at Samaritan. Moses Lake is a growing community and the Hosptial will also be growing. Currently it is a 50 Bed rural hospital yet does not "feel" that small. Pay is resonable and workload is great. There is a 24 bed Med/Surg, OB is very busy for a hospital this size with almost 100 deliveries a month. We have 4 ORs and are building an endoscopy suite. ICU just expanded to 9 beds with plans to increase to 12 in the near future. The the hospital itself is clean and suprizingly up to date. Cost of living is less than other communities. I think it is an ideal situation, However Moses Lake is pretty isolated from other communities, 70 miles to Weatchee and the same distance to Tri-Cities. It is 100 miles to Spokane but all freeway driving.

I work at Samaritan. There is a local Community College that graduates ADNs so RN vacanies are usually filled pretty quickly. Salaries are very competitive for the region. Cost of living is less than other Washington communities. Good luck. Sorry, I forgot to tell you we really need experienced L&D nurses here. Our service is growing faster than we can train nurses.

I am always very interested in hiring the right candidate, not necessarily the one can work first. Last year we hired a new grad that had been planning a medical mission trip to Asia immediately after graduation. We hired her. Hiring the right person will save me a ton of time later. I see each hire as a key opportunity to improve nursing here. It is not at all uncommon that after the grueling marathon that is nursing education that one would need a break. Good Luck.