Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Per Diem - Varied Shifts

Valley Health•Berkeley Springs, WV

1d•$34 - $49

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for effectively carrying out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The role requires quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism. The nurse also directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A Per Diem Registered Nurse provides care to the assigned patient population and completes yearly mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. The role also includes completing Professional Practice Ladder requirements: assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in PI activities and department initiatives; sharing information from unit or hospital committees, paid education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles with the Director or designee and coworkers; and submitting an up-to-date portfolio annually by March 1. The nurse routinely solicits and validates patient and family satisfaction, participates in unit peer review, and develops an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.

Requirements

Associate-level nursing education (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN) is required.
One year of RN experience is required.
A Registered Nurse license, or eligibility to practice pending licensure, in the Commonwealth of Virginia is required, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state license or a Virginia-only single-state license, as applicable.
American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) Healthcare Provider certification is required; new hires must have the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Competence providing care based on cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Competence providing care to patients using the nursing process.
A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital is required.
For an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to RN I from another Valley Health position, an Eligibility to Test Letter or interim phone primary-source verification and documentation from VH Nurse Recruitment is required for Virginia residents or non-compact-state residents. A resident of a Compact state other than Virginia must first obtain a home-state Compact license with multi-state privileges before beginning RN employment as an RN I.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
Relevant specialty certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to the assigned patient population using the nursing process.
Complete assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management.
Communicate effectively and contribute to teamwork, leadership, and professionalism.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Complete yearly mandatory competencies and applicable unit-specific competencies.
Complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities and participating in PI activities and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles.
Maintain and submit a current portfolio to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
Participate in peer review for the unit.
Develop an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.