Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Third Shift

Valley Health • Berkeley Springs, WV

29d

About The Position

At War Memorial Hospital, emergency nursing is hands‑on, collaborative, and deeply personal. As a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department, you’ll work in an 8‑bed ED within a licensed Critical Access Hospital, caring for a wide range of urgent and emergent patients while practicing at the top of your license. This role offers the opportunity to deliver true emergency nursing, using strong clinical judgment, responding confidently to diverse presentations, and collaborating closely with providers and interdisciplinary team members. In a smaller hospital setting, your experience is recognized, your voice matters, and your impact is visible every shift. The registered professional nurse is responsible for utilizing job skills to effectively carry out the nursing process: including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation and time management. They responsible for quality communication, teamwork and leadership/professionalism. Also directs, coordinates and implements patient teaching, quality/safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing. A Registered Nurse II (RN II) is responsible for the care of the population they are assigned. A RN II is required to complete yearly mandatory competencies, any unit specific competencies that are identified by the Director/Designee as it relates to the patient population of their unit as well as completion of the Professional Practice Ladder requirements which include: Assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse, PI Activity and department initiatives, communicates and shares information to Director/Designee and co-workers from unit or hospital committee, a Valley Health paid Education/Seminar/Conference workshop or Nursing Article. Portfolio is current and submitted to Director/Designee annually by March 1st. Routinely solicits and validates patient/family satisfaction, participates in peer review for unit and develops bulletin board or poster that provides educational information to staff/patients/family members.

Requirements

• Associates Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN or ADN) is required.
• RN license required.
• Based on the primary state of residency and in accordance with current Virginia and West Virginia Boards of Nursing regulations, the candidate must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the applicable state of work assignment (Virginia and/or West Virginia) with either: A multistate license under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC); or A single-state license valid in the applicable state of work assignment (Virginia or West Virginia only).
• BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approved required.
• New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.
• Meets all requirements of a RN I.
• Competent to provide care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological stages of human growth and development.
• Competent to provide care using the nursing process.
• Must have a reliable means of phone communication with hospital.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
• Relevant Specialty Certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Effectively carry out the nursing process: including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation and time management.
• Responsible for quality communication, teamwork and leadership/professionalism.
• Directs, coordinates and implements patient teaching, quality/safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
• Assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse, PI Activity and department initiatives
• Communicates and shares information to Director/Designee and co-workers from unit or hospital committee, a Valley Health paid Education/Seminar/Conference workshop or Nursing Article.
• Routinely solicits and validates patient/family satisfaction, participates in peer review for unit and develops bulletin board or poster that provides educational information to staff/patients/family members.

Benefits

• A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• Valley Health also offers a health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development.
• In addition, several perks come with working for the largest employer in the region, such as discounts to on-campus dining, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree