Registered Nurse - Cardiology Inpatient - Full-Time - NIGHTS

Capital Health - Hopewell, VA

Full-time - Entry Level

Hopewell, VA

Hospitals

About the position

Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advance technology. Capital Health is a five-time Magnet-Recognized health system for nursing excellence and is comprised of 2 hospitals. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 250 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital-based services, to patients throughout the region.

Responsibilities

• Delivers quality care to patients through a team effort in working with others through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Assures patient safety by executing appropriate policies & procedures.
• Provides appropriate support for pain management, pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures.
• Follows up on internal resources to determine the outcome of interventions completed by other departments.
• Mobilizes resources in complex cases to maximize patients control and participation over his/her own recovery.
• Provides information and interpretation of the patient's condition and offers coping mechanisms.
• Assesses how much information a patient wants and needs while utilizing a vocabulary and approach that enables the patient to successfully process the care and course of treatment.
• Formulates and documents a discharge plan that maximizes the patient's ability to continue with meaningful life activities.
• Integrates assessment and diagnostic information with intuition to foresee potential age-specific healthcare needs.
• Ensures handoff communication and includes a report in terms of the situations most likely to develop and the problems awaiting patient.
• Identifies proactively issues to be resolved related to patient education for medication management.
• Uses discretionary judgment to appropriately modify patient care regimens.
• Explores multiple aspects of care regimen with case manager and health care providers to promote appropriate resolution.
• Displays ability to see the entire unit and is self motivated to develop a plan for adjusting staffing patterns as needed.
• Plans and provides unique and individualized comfort measures while utilizing intuitive and innovative approaches.
• Participates in unit based and/or hospital based committees.
• Participates in performance improvement activities at the unit and/or hospital wide level.
• Participates actively in the preparation of Joint Commission readiness.
• Participates in unit level effort to achieve successful Patient Satisfaction scores.

Requirements

• Education: Associate's degree or graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience: None. Previous nursing experience preferred.
• Other Credentials: AHA BLS - Healthcare Provider, Registered Nurse - NJ or Registered Nurse - NLC multi-state.
• Requires TNCC (or must obtain within 1 year of hire) AND 8 hours of Trauma related Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) contact hours annually if assigned to specific units.
• Requires NIH Stroke Scale Certification (or must obtain by end of orientation) AND 8 hours of Stroke related Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) contact hours annually if assigned to specific units.
• Requires ACLS (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date) if assigned to specific units.
• Requires NRP (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date) if assigned to specific units.
• Requires PALS (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date) if assigned to specific units.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong problem solving and decision making skills.
• High interpersonal skills at an individual as well as team level.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Considerable knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in nursing.
• Good work ethic.

Benefits

• Offers are contingent upon successful completion of our onboarding process and pre-employment physical.
• Capital Health will require all applicants to have an annual flu vaccine prior to start date, with the exception of individuals with medical and religious exemptions.