Registered Nurse 2

CAMC Health System•Charleston, WV

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse 2 demonstrates competent clinical skills and uses critical thinking to identify and meet patient needs. The role focuses on achieving positive patient outcomes through group processes, displaying leadership traits that support patient and departmental goals, assisting with unit quality improvement and research projects, and identifying legal or ethical issues and implementing appropriate nursing actions. The nurse provides care to more complex patients with minimal assistance, independently performs advanced skills, and begins helping colleagues develop skills through teaching and learning. The role also involves applying research to nursing practice, participating in quality improvement, maintaining required education, and complying with organizational and departmental policies and scheduling practices. The position is full-time, regular, and based at Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, with a varying work schedule.

Requirements

Associate’s degree required; 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.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within one year of hire.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support required within one year of hire.
Must demonstrate competency through initial orientation and ongoing competency validation.
For positions with direct patient contact, must possess or obtain by the end of orientation and demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide developmentally appropriate care for the patient ages served by the department.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate consistent use of the nursing process in daily practice and manage more complex patients with minimal assistance.
Identify personal learning needs, independently perform advanced skills, and begin assisting others in skill development through the teaching/learning process.
Initiate and demonstrate behaviors that support positive patient outcomes through group processes.
Identify the need to change personal practice based on performance improvement and quality improvement outcomes.
Expand understanding of the research process and its application to nursing practice.
Maintain and document all applicable required education.
Demonstrate positive customer service and co-worker relations.
Comply with the company’s attendance policy.
Participate in departmental and institutional continuous quality improvement activities.
Perform work in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with departmental pay practices and scheduling policies, including overtime, various shifts, and on-call situations.
Align work with the organization’s mission and strategic plan; follow applicable organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
Perform related duties as assigned.
Demonstrate developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment, or care for the patient ages identified by the department, including obtaining and interpreting information in terms of patient needs, understanding growth and development, and understanding the range of treatment needed.
Complete initial orientation and ongoing competency validation to independently perform assigned tasks and additional duties specified in the job description and unit or department competency checklist.