Registered Nurse 2

CAMC Health System•Charleston, WV

About The Position

The Registered Nurse 2 demonstrates competent clinical skills and uses critical thinking to identify and meet patient needs. The role supports positive patient outcomes through group processes, displays leadership traits that contribute to patient and departmental goals, assists with unit quality-improvement and research projects, and identifies legal and ethical issues to implement appropriate nursing actions. The nurse uses the nursing process consistently and manages more complex patients with minimal assistance. They identify personal learning needs, independently perform advanced skills, and begin assisting others in developing skills through teaching and learning. They also contribute to professional relationships and leadership, apply research understanding to nursing practice, and participate in quality-improvement activities. For positions involving direct patient contact, the employee must possess or obtain by the end of orientation, and demonstrate, the knowledge and skills needed to provide developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment, or care for the patient ages served by the department. Competency is established through initial orientation and ongoing validation for independent performance of assigned tasks and duties.

Requirements

Associate's degree required; a formal nursing program may be substituted for the associate degree.
One year of nursing experience, with experience determined by clinical practice.
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.
Demonstrate competency through initial orientation and ongoing competency validation to perform assigned tasks and additional duties independently.
For direct patient-contact roles, demonstrate developmentally appropriate patient assessment, treatment, or care skills, including obtaining and interpreting information in terms of patient needs, knowledge of growth and development, and understanding the range of treatment needed.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate consistent use of the nursing process and manage more complex patients with minimal assistance.
Identify personal learning needs, independently perform advanced skills, and begin helping others develop skills using teaching and learning processes.
Demonstrate behaviors that support positive patient outcomes through group processes and identify changes to personal practice based on PI/QI outcomes.
Expand understanding of the research process and its application to nursing practice.
Identify legal and ethical issues and implement appropriate nursing actions.
Maintain and document all applicable required education.
Demonstrate positive customer service and co-worker relations.
Comply with the company's attendance policy.
Participate in the department's and institution's continuous quality-improvement activities.
Perform work in a cost-effective manner and in alignment with organizational mission and strategic plans.
Follow departmental pay practices and scheduling policies, including overtime, various shift work, and on-call situations.
Follow applicable organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
Perform related duties as assigned.