Registered Nurse (RN) - Command Center - PRN - Rotating

VCU Health•Richmond, VA

8d•$34 - $55•Onsite

About The Position

VCU Health is seeking authentic, passionate and inspiring candidates for our virtually-enabled Hospital at Home and Remote Patient Monitoring programs. Housed in the health system’s Continuum Integration Center in north Richmond, this exciting opportunity offers innovation, professional growth, and opportunity to be a part of an already incredible team. Located in contemporary offices on Richmond’s Northside, this on-site position will support the continued growth and development of a robust VCU Health at Home strategy that offers 24/7 virtual and telephonic nursing care for: Hospital at Home program (inpatient care in the home) Transitional remote patient monitoring (30-day post discharge program) Ask-A-Nurse triage for both high-risk ambulatory and post-discharge patients across VCU Health System Hospitals (inbound phone triage support) The focus of the position is: To ensure quality virtual nursing, triage, and coordination of care for both acute and post-acute patients throughout the VCU Health System. To ensure quality patient care across the continuum, reduce avoidable readmissions, and improve outcomes for both acute inpatients and the highest risk discharged individuals from VCU Health System. To provide quality acute/inpatient level of virtual support to the visiting healthcare team including triage of calls, virtual medication administration, virtual visits, telephone outreaches, education, and escalation of services both clinical and non-clinical. To ensure acute inpatient individuals are receiving appropriate services during their Hospital at Home stay including but not limited to therapy, food, consultative, mobile imaging, labs, and medical equipment. To provide high level nursing care through the ability to perform phone triage and intervene or escalate appropriately using critical thinking skills for both inpatients and complex adult and/or geriatric patient populations. To ensure patients and/or caregivers are confident and comfortable in self-care management through use of virtual teach back education strategies. To ensure appropriate screening of patients in need of continuum integration services prior to hospital discharge including but not limited to transitional remote patient monitoring and telehealth virtual visits. To provide direct bedside patient education and consultation on continuum integration services as needed. To provide community resources appropriately in order to prevent un-necessary hospital readmissions by collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team such as home health or social services.

Requirements

Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible or compact state
Current RN licensure in Virginia, AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent
Diploma or Associates Degree from a professional nursing program recognized and/or approved by the corresponding state’s Board of Nursing.
All registered nurses without a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (or higher) will be required to enroll in an approved RN to BSN program within two years of their start date and to complete the program within five years of their start date unless grandfathered under previous requirements.
Follows documented physician/licensed independent provider orders.
Practices within the boundaries of the regulations governing the practice of nursing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Practice is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing and established national nursing practice standards.
All practice is guided by and follows the VCUHS policies and procedures and established practice.

Nice To Haves

Experience as an LPN, nursing assistant or care partner in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice (for Clin I)
Academic Health Care Experience; Experience with similar patient population in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice (for Clin II, Clin III)
Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (or higher) from an accredited program (for Clin I, Clin II, Clin III)
Certification in specialty area (for Clin III)

Responsibilities

Integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the needs of the patient and family.
Assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
Provides direction, education, and begins to acquire leadership skills at the unit level.
Delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care.
Safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.
Demonstrates a mastery of clinical skills and begins to apply this knowledge to a specific patient population.
Recognizes changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately.
Mobilizes resources to meet the individualized needs of patient/families.
Assumes leadership responsibilities at the unit level.
Anticipates changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately.
Serves as a role model in a clinical setting.
Organizes work and delegates and supervises others (RN's, LPN's, Care Partners, Unit Secretaries, etc.) in carrying out assignments.
Ensures quality virtual nursing, triage, and coordination of care for both acute and post-acute patients throughout the VCU Health System.
Ensures quality patient care across the continuum, reduces avoidable readmissions, and improves outcomes for both acute inpatients and the highest risk discharged individuals from VCU Health System.
Provides quality acute/inpatient level of virtual support to the visiting healthcare team including triage of calls, virtual medication administration, virtual visits, telephone outreaches, education, and escalation of services both clinical and non-clinical.
Ensures acute inpatient individuals are receiving appropriate services during their Hospital at Home stay including but not limited to therapy, food, consultative, mobile imaging, labs, and medical equipment.
Provides high level nursing care through the ability to perform phone triage and intervene or escalate appropriately using critical thinking skills for both inpatients and complex adult and/or geriatric patient populations.
Ensures patients and/or caregivers are confident and comfortable in self-care management through use of virtual teach back education strategies.
Ensures appropriate screening of patients in need of continuum integration services prior to hospital discharge including but not limited to transitional remote patient monitoring and telehealth virtual visits.
Provides direct bedside patient education and consultation on continuum integration services as needed.
Provides community resources appropriately in order to prevent un-necessary hospital readmissions by collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team such as home health or social services.