Registered Nurse (RN) - General Medicine and Epilepsy (6 Central) - Wage
About The Position
This role is for a capable clinician focused on expanding knowledge and skills, consistently providing effective direct care as part of an interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. The nurse will 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. The position encourages seeking and providing feedback for improved clinical practice and assumes a beginning leadership role with mentoring. 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 include Relationship Based Care (Self and Colleagues, Patients and Families), Expert Caring (clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and implementation of care), Empowered Leaders (demonstrating knowledge of and actively participating in shared governance), Lifelong Learners (professional development, supporting onboarding, and precepting), Quality Achievement (adherence to documentation, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement, and commitment to standard work), and Innovation (application of technologies, implementing evidence-based practice, and new knowledge from nursing research). Additional duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Provide effective direct care to a variety of complex patients as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Manage care and implement treatment plans in collaboration with patients, families, physicians, and other health care team members.
- Seek and provide feedback for improved clinical practice.
- Assume a beginning leadership role with mentoring.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance.
- Engage in professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities, and recognize the value of external professional organizations.
- Support onboarding of new team members and precept as applicable.
- Adhere to clinical documentation guidelines.
- Comprehend outcomes data.
- Engage in performance improvement activities.
- Commit to standard work.
- Apply technologies that support patient care.
- Actively seek to implement evidence-based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
