Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg

Lifepoint Health • Martinsville, VA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse – Med Surg - Nights

$20,000 Sign on bonus eligibility

Schedule: 12 hours shift for full-time requiring 36 hours/week with every other
weekend

7P-7A

Job Location Type: In Person

Your experience matters

Sovah Health – Martinsville, VA is a 220-bed acute-care hospital providing over
22 medical specialties. Among the services we offer are a home health & hospice
agency, advanced wound healing center, cardiac rehabilitation center, two
cardiac catheterization labs, and medical & radiation oncology services, located
in Martinsville, VA, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare
delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care,
rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your
first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

More about our team

Position is posted for Acute Care, which contains MedSurg and Telemetry
patients.

A candidate for this position is expected to be proficient in caring for
patients in an Acute Care hospital setting. Staffing Ratios are at a 1:6.
Meditech experience is preferred.

The selected candidate is expected to work a minimum of 36 hours a week, to
include every other weekend.

The right person who will provide direct patient care to patients using the
nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.

Applicants must be a graduate of a professional school of nursing. Additional
requirements include:

EEOC Statement

Sovah Health - Martinsville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sovah Health -
Danville is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and
employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and
harassment in employment.

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity
in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of
Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans
29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and
behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across
the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers
and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through
talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with
opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a
difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to
promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with
an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and
reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Requirements

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Virginia State Board of Nursing or a Compact State.
• AHA BLS certification required.
• Applicants must be a graduate of a professional school of nursing.

Nice To Haves

• Meditech experience is preferred.
• Previous experience in acute care hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
• Documents patient care given.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
• Detects change in patient status, reports to appropriate health care team member and utilizes resources as dictated by the acuity. Assigns priorities to the patient’s problems with highest priority given to problems that are most urgent and critical.
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage, tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed