Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro ICU - Rotating

VCU Health • Richmond, VA

8h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the Neuroscience ICU, a 28-bed unit providing neurocritical care for patients with diseases involving the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. The unit is part of VCU’s comprehensive stroke center. Depending on clinical level, the nurse integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge, delivers and documents age-specific care under medical orders and a multidisciplinary plan, safely administers prescribed medications, and supports patients and families. The role includes preventing illness and injury, maintaining wellness and comfort, recognizing or anticipating changes in patient condition, and intervening appropriately. Nurses provide direction and education and take on unit-level leadership or role-model responsibilities as applicable to their clinical level. The position includes working all three shifts, weekends, and holidays, with rotations and schedules established with the Nurse Manager or Practice Manager and subject to adjustment to meet unit needs.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure in Virginia, or eligibility for Virginia licensure or licensure in a compact state at hire.
• Current Virginia RN licensure and AHA BLS HCP certification or equivalent for continued employment.
• 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 perform the physical and mental demands described, including lifting 20–50 lbs; prolonged standing and sitting; frequent bending; walking; climbing; reaching; recall, reasoning, problem-solving, hearing, clear speech, legible writing, reading, and logical thinking.
• Ability to work in a fast- or steady-paced, noisy environment, handle multiple priorities, and manage frequent and intense customer interactions.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical Nurse I: Experience as an LPN, nursing assistant, or care partner in an acute care setting or an area applicable to the practice.
• Clinical Nurse II and III: Academic healthcare experience and experience with a similar patient population in an acute care setting or an area applicable to the 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 healthcare team with prevention of illness and injury, wellness maintenance, 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 assume unit-level leadership or serve as a clinical role model as applicable to clinical level.
• Follow physician or licensed independent provider orders, nursing practice regulations, ANA Code of Ethics, national nursing practice standards, and VCUHS policies and procedures.
• Organize work and delegate and supervise assignments of other staff, including RNs, LPNs, Care Partners, and Unit Secretaries.
• Work rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays, according to schedules established for unit requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree