UHC - Graduate Nurse- Long Term Care (Nights)

WVU Medicine

13d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is accountable for delivering nursing care through the nursing process during an assigned shift. The Graduate Nurse applies novice-level clinical knowledge and skills, independent nursing judgment within the role and scope of practice, and principles of growth and development across the lifespan to address patients’ age-specific needs. The role provides professional nursing care to patients in an inpatient hospital setting. The nurse provides coordinated, comprehensive patient care with the interdisciplinary team, assesses patient needs and responses, sets and revises care priorities, delegates tasks appropriately, and uses established standards, care systems, and resources to support safe care. The role also contributes to team communication, staff and student development, mentoring, and performance improvement activities. The position is based at UHC United Hospital Center’s Skilled Nursing Facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia. It is scheduled for 36 hours per week on nights. The work involves close contact with others, irregular or extended hours, biohazards, infectious diseases, the deceased, water, and electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment. The role requires substantial physical activity, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials or equipment weighing 40 pounds or more. Patient transfers and repositioning are to use lift equipment or other handling aids as indicated.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license in the state where services are provided, or current multistate Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC); alternatively, a current temporary or graduate RN permit as required by the state board.
For Maryland applicants without a temporary permit: documentation of recent graduation from a nursing school and obtaining a permanent RN license within 90 days of graduation.
Ohio nurses must be currently licensed; Ohio does not issue temporary permits.
Pennsylvania applicants must have a current PA Registered Nurse Temporary Permit and obtain a permanent license before the permit expires.
West Virginia applicants must have a current WV Registered Nurse Graduate Permit and obtain a permanent license before the permit expires.
Temporary permits are valid only in the state of issuance and are not multistate licenses.
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Demonstrate novice-level nursing knowledge and skills, including age-specific assessment and care across the lifespan.
Meet physical demands that include lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials or equipment weighing 40 pounds or more; use appropriate lift equipment or patient-handling aids for transfers and repositioning.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care during an assigned shift using the nursing process and within the role’s scope of practice.
Accept accountability for patient care and appropriately use authority and independent nursing judgment.
Make clinical decisions and consult expert peers or management when appropriate.
Identify commonly occurring risks to patient health and initiate actions to correct, reduce, or prevent them.
Coordinate and provide comprehensive patient care, including assessment, expected outcomes, interventions, and evaluation, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Coordinate patient-care tasks with patients and families within safe-practice guidelines; delegate tasks appropriately and follow up on completion and patient response.
Use standards of care and practice, scientific principles, research findings, and resources to guide care delivery; seek assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
Evaluate patient responses to performed and delegated tasks, including patient-profile assessment for safe handling and mobility.
Set and revise direct and indirect care priorities based on patient acuity and available resources, and update daily care plans and safe-handling algorithms as appropriate.
Use established patient-care support systems, including documentation, communication, and information systems.
Support the development of others through mentoring, networking, and integrating staff and students into the health-care team.
Promote trusting relationships, open communication, and exchange of information relevant to patient assignments at the unit level.
Interact with health-care team members to meet patient-care needs.
Participate in performance-improvement activities as appropriate.
Complete annual specialty-accreditation education where required by the facility.