ED RN

WVU Medicine•Burbank, CA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The ED RN provides professional nursing care for patients in an inpatient hospital setting. The role has authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for delivering nursing care through the nursing process. The nurse applies clinical knowledge and skills, exercises independent nursing judgment, and remains accountable for care provided personally and for care delegated to other health care providers to achieve quality patient outcomes. The role requires novice-level knowledge and skills relevant to the patients under the nurse’s care, including applying principles of growth and development across the lifespan and assessing and interpreting patient data in light of age-specific needs. The nurse provides safe, individualized, evidence-based, culturally sensitive care, communicates and collaborates with the interprofessional team, and continues professional learning and development. This position is scheduled for nights, 7 p.m.–7 a.m., for 36 hours per week, at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The position is non-exempt. The CAPE clinical advancement program offers inpatient direct-care nurses a clinical ladder for professional development and recognition of quality clinical performance. Advancement depends on meeting the applicable experience, degree, certification, and competency requirements for each level.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state where services are provided, or a current multistate Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Less than 12 months of experience as a registered nurse.
Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, negotiate, and resolve conflict.
Competent clinical practice and critical-thinking skills to deliver patient care efficiently in collaboration with health care providers and make effective use of resources.
Ability to adapt to changes in work volume, staffing, and scheduling.
Ability to work under highly stressful conditions and adapt to varying workloads and assignments.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials or equipment weighing 40 pounds or more; patient transfers, lifts, and repositioning are to use lift equipment or other handling aids as indicated.
Visual acuity and hearing within the normal range.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

Use documentation and handoff processes to support patient safety and continuity of care.
Develop and implement a plan of care through assessment, nursing diagnoses, interventions, and evaluation of outcomes.
Recognize patient safety concerns and use appropriate resources.
Provide education based on each patient’s learning needs and use teach-back to evaluate the effectiveness of education.
Incorporate patient individuality and mutuality data into care delivery.
Complete adequate patient assessments and documentation, including documenting problems and issues in the plan of care.
Use evidence-based practice in nursing care and participate in the organizational patient-centered care model.
Build the ability to care for more complex patients by consulting experienced colleagues.
Pursue lifelong learning through self-reflection and inquiry.
Remain accountable for delegated nursing care and recognize the scope of practice of interprofessional team members.
Participate in holistic, culturally sensitive data collection and assess how family dynamics affect patient health and wellness.
Integrate the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics into nursing practice.
Identify discriminatory health care practices affecting culturally diverse populations.
Individualize care based on patients’ beliefs, barriers, and readiness to learn.
Complete annual education related to specialty accreditation, when required by the facility.
Meet applicable CAPE clinical advancement requirements, including annual submission of five competencies for approved levels 3 through 6.