Registered Nurse (RN) - Fredericksburg Adult Surgery - Days

VCU Health•Fredericksburg, VA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

VCU Health at The Fredericksburg Adult Multispecialty Clinic is a dynamic multispecialty clinic primarily focused on surgical services. It provides care to individuals in Fredericksburg and the surrounding areas including Northern Virginia and the Northern Neck. Providers treat adult patients in areas such as cardiac surgery, colon and rectal surgery, advanced heart failure, adult congenital heart disease, cardio-oncology, hepatology with a focus on treatment of hepatitis, ostomy care, urology, liver and kidney transplant, and transplant surgery. The clinic also performs walk-in lab services for adult VCU patients. The clinical team includes RNs, LPNs, and CMAs. The clinic operates Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM, with staff working 5 - 8-hour shifts per week. It is a growing clinic adding more providers and potentially more specialties. The role of a Clinical Nurse (RN) involves demonstrating mastery of clinical skills (Clinical Nurse II) or clinical knowledge (Clinical Nurse III) and applying this to a specific patient population. Clinical Nurse II assists the healthcare team with illness/injury prevention, wellness maintenance, and comfort provision, recognizing and intervening in patient changes, mobilizing resources, and providing direction, education, and leadership at the unit level. Clinical Nurse III also assists with illness/injury prevention, wellness maintenance, and comfort provision, but anticipates changes, intervenes appropriately, and serves as a role model in a clinical setting. Both levels deliver and accurately document direct, age-specific care based on medical orders and multidisciplinary plans, and safely administer prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.

Requirements

Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible or compact state.
Current AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent (for continued employment).
For Clinical Nurse I: No prior RN experience required.
For Clinical Nurse II: 12 to 24 months of RN experience.
For Clinical Nurse III: 3 years of clinical experience.
Diploma or Associate's Degree from a professional nursing program recognized and/or approved by the corresponding state’s Board of Nursing.
Enroll in an approved RN to BSN program within two years of start date and complete it within five years of start date, unless grandfathered under previous requirements (for RNs without a Bachelor's degree or higher).

Nice To Haves

For Clinical Nurse I: Experience as an LPN, nursing assistant, or care partner in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice.
For Clinical Nurse II and III: Academic Health Care Experience.
For Clinical Nurse II and III: Experience with similar patient population in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice.
Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (or higher) from an accredited program.
For Clinical Nurse III: Certification in specialty area.

Responsibilities

Assist the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
Recognize changes in patient situations and intervene appropriately (Clinical Nurse II).
Mobilize resources to meet the individualized needs of patient/families (Clinical Nurse II).
Provide direction, education, and assume leadership responsibilities at the unit level (Clinical Nurse II).
Deliver and accurately document direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care.
Safely administer prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.
Anticipate changes in patient situations and intervene appropriately (Clinical Nurse III).
Provide direction, education, and serve as a role model in a clinical setting (Clinical Nurse III).
Organize work and delegate and supervise others (RN's, LPN's, Care Partners, Unit Secretaries, etc.) in carrying out assignments.
Follow documented physician/licensed independent provider orders.
Practice within the boundaries of the regulations governing the practice of nursing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Adhere to the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing and established national nursing practice standards.
Follow VCUHS policies and procedures and established practice.