Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Varied Shifts - Per Diem

Valley Health System•Berkeley Springs, WV

About The Position

The registered professional nurse uses nursing skills to carry out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The nurse is responsible for quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism, and directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A per diem registered nurse is responsible for caring for the assigned patient population. The role requires annual mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee, as well as completion of the Professional Practice Ladder requirements. These include assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in PI activities and department initiatives; sharing information from unit or hospital committees; completing a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article; maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio by March 1; soliciting and validating patient and family satisfaction; participating in unit peer review; and developing educational bulletin-board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members. The position requires an associate-level nursing qualification and one year of RN experience. A Virginia RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure is required, along with American Heart Association BLS certification. Relevant specialty certification is preferred. The nurse must be competent to provide care appropriate to patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological developmental stages and to provide care using the nursing process. A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital is required.

Requirements

Associate-level nursing education: RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN.
At least one year of RN experience.
RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in Virginia, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a Virginia-only single-state license, in accordance with Virginia Board of Nursing regulations.
American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) certification for Healthcare Providers; new hires must hold the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Competence in providing care based on patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Competence in providing patient care using the nursing process.
Reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
For an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to RN I from a Valley Health position, an Eligibility to Test Letter—or interim phone primary-source verification and documentation by Valley Health Nurse Recruitment while awaiting the letter—is required if the person is a Virginia resident or non-compact-state resident. A resident of a compact state other than Virginia must first obtain a home-state compact license with multistate privileges before beginning RN employment as an RN I.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Relevant specialty certification.

Responsibilities

Provide care to the assigned patient population using the nursing process.
Perform assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management.
Maintain quality communication, teamwork, leadership, professionalism, and professional nursing standards.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee.
Complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility, participating in PI activities and department initiatives, and sharing information from unit or hospital committees.
Complete a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article as part of the Professional Practice Ladder requirements.
Maintain a current portfolio and submit it annually to the Director or designee by March 1.
Routinely solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
Participate in peer review for the unit.
Develop an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.