Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Neurosurgery/ ENT 6 West - UB Pool Wage

University of Virginia • Charlottesville, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

UVA Health is seeking a capable clinician, focused on expanding knowledge and skills, to provide effective direct care as part of an interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. The role involves managing care and implementing treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians, and other members of the health care team. The position also requires seeking and providing feedback for improved clinical practice, and assuming a beginning leadership role with a focus on mentorship.

This job description integrates the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model. Key aspects of the role include Relationship Based Care (focusing on the influence of relationships with self, colleagues, and patients/families on the patient experience), Expert Caring (encompassing clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and implementation of care), Empowered Leaders (demonstrating knowledge of and active participation in shared governance), Lifelong Learners (pursuing professional development through education, certification, and learning opportunities, and supporting onboarding and precepting of new team members), Quality Achievement (adhering to documentation guidelines, understanding outcomes data, engaging in performance improvement, and committing to standard work), and Innovation (applying technologies, implementing evidence-based practice, and utilizing new knowledge from nursing research).

In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
• 1 year of relevant experience.
• Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance.
• Professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations.

Responsibilities

• Consistently provides effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients.
• Manage care and implement treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians and other members of the health care team.
• Seek as well as provide feedback for improved clinical practice.
• Assume a beginning leadership role but seeks mentoring in this process.
• Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.
• Adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work.
• Application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level