Registered Nurse (RN)- Labor and Delivery - Labor Pool
About The Position
This position is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN may work in a variety of settings and roles within Riverside Health System. The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a care plan for each patient based on physiological, psychosocial and cultural diversity. Responsible for supervising and delegating non-professional personnel working directly with him/her to ensure optimum patient care. Must demonstrate competence in dealing with age related needs of the specific patient populations. Works under the direction of leadership and a multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive range of services or clinical care associated with and in accordance with standards of excellence established by Riverside Health system and facility goals and strategic plans.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) (Required)
- CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)
Nice To Haves
- Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
- Healthcare/Medical - Nurse: Registered Nurse (Preferred)
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical ands psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population served in the Critical Care/Telemetry units/departments (see unit specific competencies and equipment checklists).
- Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient.
- Assesses and incorporates evidence-based standards of practice.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the coordination care.
- Facilitates safe patient transitions to the next care setting as part of plan of care.
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to assure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care.
- Focuses on quality outcomes of patient care when addressing customer’s needs to include current evidence based practice and quality measures.
- Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations and ability to modify education method to ensure patient/family comprehension.
- Educates by assuming responsibility to individualize and coordinate patient education, and discharge specific education that includes family/caregiver.
- Evaluates for patient comprehension and documents.
- Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
- Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient care needs are met.
- Able to recognize and respond to emergency situations.
- Evaluates own needs for support and uses identified systems to meet need.
