Registered Nurse- Med Sug - Full time - Third Shift
About The Position
The registered professional nurse uses nursing skills to carry out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The nurse is responsible for quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism. The role also directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and the activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A Registered Nurse I (RN I) provides care to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. The RN I also fulfills Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in PI activity and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education or professional events, workshops, or nursing articles; and submitting an annually updated portfolio by March 1. The nurse routinely seeks and validates patient and family satisfaction, participates in unit peer review, and develops educational bulletin-board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.
Requirements
- Associate-level nursing education: RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN.
- Required Registered Nurse license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in Virginia, with a Virginia single-state license or a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license, as applicable.
- Required American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) Healthcare Provider certification before completion of orientation.
- Competence in providing care based on cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
- Competence in providing patient care using the nursing process.
- Reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
- For an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to RN I from a Valley Health position, required eligibility-to-test documentation as specified for Virginia or non-compact-state residents; residents of another compact state must first obtain a home-state multistate license.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- Relevant specialty certification.
Responsibilities
- Use the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, evaluate, document, and manage time.
- Communicate effectively and demonstrate teamwork, leadership, and professionalism.
- Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
- Provide care to the assigned patient population and complete annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies.
- Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility, participating in PI activity and department initiatives, sharing professional information, and submitting an updated portfolio to the Director/Designee annually by March 1.
- Routinely solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
- Participate in peer review for the unit.
- Develop educational bulletin-board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.
Benefits
- Zero-deductible health plan
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition assistance
- Retirement savings match
- Employee assistance program
- Incentive-based wellness program membership
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending account for childcare
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Professional development
- Discounts to on-campus dining
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
