Registered Nurse 2 Ambulatory

CAMC Health System•Charleston, WV

About The Position

The Registered Nurse 2 Ambulatory provides competent nursing care, uses critical thinking to identify and meet patient needs, and works collaboratively to achieve positive patient outcomes. The role demonstrates leadership that supports patient and departmental goals, assists with unit quality-improvement and research projects, and identifies legal and ethical issues and takes appropriate nursing actions. The nurse consistently applies the nursing process and manages more complex patients with minimal assistance. The role requires identifying personal learning needs, independently performing advanced skills, and beginning to help others develop their skills through teaching and learning. The nurse initiates behaviors that contribute to positive outcomes through group processes, adjusts personal practice in response to performance- and quality-improvement outcomes, and expands understanding of research and its application to nursing practice. The employee must obtain and demonstrate developmentally appropriate patient assessment, treatment, and care skills for the age groups identified by the department. Competency is established through initial orientation and ongoing validation for tasks and additional duties specified in the job description and department competency checklist. The position also requires maintaining required education, providing positive customer service, following attendance and organizational policies, participating in continuous quality improvement, working cost-effectively, and complying with departmental scheduling and pay practices, including overtime, various shifts, and on-call situations.

Requirements

Associate's degree in nursing required; a formal nursing program may be substituted for the associate's degree.
One year of nursing experience.
Registered Nurse credential required.
Basic Life Support required within 30 days of hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within one year of hire.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support required within one year of hire.
Demonstrated competency in interpreting patient information and needs, knowledge of growth and development, and understanding the range of treatment required by patients.
Must demonstrate competency through initial orientation and ongoing competency validation.

Responsibilities

Apply the nursing process consistently and manage more complex patients with minimal assistance.
Use critical thinking to identify and meet patient needs and support positive patient outcomes through group processes.
Independently perform advanced nursing skills and begin assisting others with skill development using teaching and learning methods.
Demonstrate leadership behaviors that support patient and departmental goals.
Identify personal learning needs and adjust practice based on performance- and quality-improvement outcomes.
Assist with unit quality-improvement and research projects; expand understanding of research application to nursing practice.
Identify actual legal and ethical issues and implement appropriate nursing actions.
Provide developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment, and care for the patient ages identified by the department.
Maintain and document required education and complete initial orientation and ongoing competency validation.
Demonstrate positive customer service and coworker relations; comply with attendance, departmental, and organizational policies.
Participate in continuous quality-improvement activities and perform work cost-effectively and in alignment with the organization's mission and strategic plan.
Follow departmental pay practices and scheduling policies, including applicable overtime, various shift work, and on-call situations.
Perform related duties as assigned.