Registered Nurse (RN) - Temporary 12 Week - Comprehensive Medicine - Nights

VCU Health • Richmond, VA

14d

About The Position

Comprehensive Medicine Unit is a 32 bed Internal Medicine and telemetry unit, with 10 progressive care beds. North 5 is an AACN Beacon Silver Award recipient that provides patient-centered care by a multidisciplinary team coupled with collaborative nurse/physician interactions. The leadership team takes a visionary and relationship-based care approach to orienting the new graduate nurse, allowing them to experience a healthy work environment throughout their learning. The Temporary 12-Week Assignment – Registered Nurse job integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the needs of the patient and family. This job assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. This job provides direction, education, and begins to acquire leadership skills at the unit level. This job delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care. This job also safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible or compact state
• At least 1 year of RN experience
• Diploma or Associates Degree from a professional nursing program recognized and/or approved by the corresponding state’s Board of Nursing
• Clinicians work all three shifts, weekends and holidays.
• Individual shift rotation and schedules will be established with your specific Nurse Manager/Practice Manager.
• Schedules, including requirements of shift rotations and hours of work may be adjusted as necessary to meet unit requirements and/or as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Academic Health Care Experience
• 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

Responsibilities

• Assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
• Provides direction, education, and begins to acquire leadership skills at the unit level.
• Delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care.
• Safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees