Registered Nurse (RN) - Progressive Cardiac Care Unit Step Down - Maryview Medical Center

Bon Secours Health System•Portsmouth, VA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Bon Secours is a faith-based and patient-focused organization dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of all people in mind, body, and spirit through exceptional patient care. The organization fosters a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence, and respect, seeking associates committed to values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service, and stewardship. The Progressive Care (Step down) Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients. This involves utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, acting as the service line between Med-Surg and ICU units, determining the priority of patient problems and needs, developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes, and ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment.

Requirements

Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care, ACLS required within 6 months of hire)
1 year of RN experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)
BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred at hire)
6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

Responsibilities

Utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status
Acting as the service line between Med-Surg and ICU units
Determining the priority of the patient’s problems and needs
Developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes
Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
Conducts initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness
Serves as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments
Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department
Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and the organization’s policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned