Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgical Trauma ICU - Rotating - PRN

VCU Health • Richmond, VA

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the 28-bed Surgical Trauma ICU at VCU Medical Center, a Level I adult, pediatric, and burn trauma center. The unit provides comprehensive care to severely injured and critically ill surgical patients, including continuous renal replacement therapy, advanced ventilation, massive transfusion, extensive wound care, and post-surgical resuscitation and care. Care is delivered by multidisciplinary teams across trauma ICU and surgical ICU services.

Depending on clinical level, the nurse integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge, delivers and accurately documents age-specific direct care in accordance with medical orders and multidisciplinary care plans, and safely administers prescribed medications. The nurse helps prevent illness and injury, maintain wellness, and provide comfort. Clinical Nurse II and III roles additionally recognize or anticipate changes in patient situations and intervene appropriately; nurses provide direction and education, mobilize resources as applicable, and assume unit-level leadership or serve as a clinical role model.

Nurses follow physician or licensed independent provider orders, Virginia nursing regulations, the ANA Code of Ethics, national nursing practice standards, and VCU Health System policies and procedures. They organize work and may delegate and supervise the work of other staff. Clinicians work across all three shifts, including weekends and holidays; individual rotations and schedules are established with the Nurse Manager or Practice Manager and may be adjusted to meet unit needs. This is a PRN, rotating position.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure in Virginia, or eligibility for Virginia licensure or licensure in a compact state.
• For continued employment: current Virginia RN licensure and AHA BLS HCP certification or equivalent.
• Diploma or associate degree from a professional nursing program recognized or approved by the corresponding state Board of Nursing.
• Nurses without a bachelor's degree in nursing or higher must enroll in an approved RN-to-BSN program within two years of their start date and complete it within five years, unless grandfathered under previous requirements.
• Clinical Nurse II: 12 to 24 months of RN experience.
• Clinical Nurse III: 3 years of clinical experience.
• Ability to work all three shifts, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to perform the stated physical and mental demands, including lifting 20–50 lbs., prolonged standing or sitting, frequent bending and walking, and handling multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical Nurse I: experience as an LPN, nursing assistant, or care partner in an acute care setting or as applicable to the area of practice.
• Clinical Nurse II and III: academic health care experience and experience with a similar patient population in an acute care setting or as applicable to the area of practice.
• Completion of a bachelor's degree in nursing or higher from an accredited program.
• Clinical Nurse III: certification in a specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and accurately document direct, age-specific patient care based on medical orders and an integrated multidisciplinary plan of care.
• Safely administer prescribed medications and identify incompatibilities or interactions.
• Assist the health care team with prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
• Recognize or anticipate changes in patient situations and intervene appropriately, according to clinical level.
• Mobilize resources to meet individualized patient and family needs, as applicable to clinical level.
• Provide direction and education, and undertake unit-level leadership responsibilities or serve as a clinical role model, according to clinical level.
• Follow provider orders, Virginia nursing regulations, the ANA Code of Ethics, national nursing practice standards, and VCU Health System policies and procedures.
• Organize work and delegate and supervise assignments carried out by other staff, including RNs, LPNs, care partners, and unit secretaries.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree