Registered Nurse 2
About The Position
The Registered Nurse 2 provides competent nursing care by using critical thinking to identify and meet patient needs and by applying the nursing process to achieve positive patient outcomes. The role manages more complex patients with minimal assistance, performs advanced skills independently, and begins assisting others with skill development through teaching and learning. The nurse demonstrates leadership through effective group processes, supports patient and departmental goals, participates in unit quality-improvement and research projects, and identifies legal or ethical issues and takes appropriate nursing action. The employee must demonstrate developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment, or care for the patient ages identified by the department. Competency is established through initial orientation and ongoing validation, including the ability to obtain and interpret information in relation to patient needs, knowledge of growth and development, and understanding of the range of treatment required. The position also includes maintaining required education documentation, providing positive customer service and coworker relations, complying with attendance and scheduling policies, participating in continuous quality improvement, working cost-effectively, following organizational and departmental policies, and performing related duties as assigned. Work is scheduled for days, at 72 hours per pay period, at Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia.
Requirements
- Associate's degree in nursing; a formal nursing program may be substituted for the associate degree.
- One year of RN experience.
- Registered Nurse credential required.
- Basic Life Support required within 30 days of hire.
- Demonstrate competency through initial orientation and ongoing competency validation to independently perform tasks and additional duties specified in the job description and unit or department competency checklist.
- For positions involving direct patient contact, possess or obtain by the end of orientation and demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide developmentally appropriate care for the department's identified patient ages.
Responsibilities
- Use the nursing process consistently and manage more complex patients with minimal assistance.
- Identify personal learning needs, perform advanced skills independently, and begin helping others develop skills using teaching and learning processes.
- Demonstrate leadership and behaviors that support positive patient outcomes through group processes.
- Identify when personal practice should change based on performance-improvement or quality-improvement outcomes.
- Expand understanding of the research process and its application to nursing practice.
- Demonstrate developmentally appropriate patient assessment, treatment, or care based on patient needs, growth and development, and the range of treatment needed.
- Maintain and document required education.
- Demonstrate positive customer service and coworker relations.
- Comply with the company's attendance policy and departmental pay practices and scheduling policies, including overtime, shift work, and on-call situations.
- Participate in departmental and institutional continuous quality-improvement activities.
- Perform work cost-effectively and in alignment with the organization's mission and strategic plan.
- Follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures and perform related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
