Registered Nurse - Surgical Services (Operating Room RN) - Full time

Valley Health•Winchester, VA

4d•$38 - $54

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 directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A Registered Nurse II (RN II) provides care to the population assigned to their unit. The RN II completes yearly mandatory and unit-specific competencies, as well as Professional Practice Ladder requirements. These include assuming Charge Nurse responsibility, participating in performance improvement activity and department initiatives, sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, and completing a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article. The RN II maintains a current portfolio and submits it to the Director/Designee annually by March 1. The role also routinely solicits 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 degree or nursing diploma (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN) required.
RN license required; must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in Virginia, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a Virginia-only single-state license, according to residency and Virginia Board of Nursing regulations.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification required.
New hires must have appropriate American Heart Association certification before completing orientation.
Advancement to RN II requires at least 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours, or 936 hours if the nurse holds a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
Meets all requirements of an RN I.
Competent to provide care appropriate to the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Competent to provide care using the nursing process.
Must have a reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Carry out the nursing process, including 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.
Provide care to the population assigned to the unit.
Complete yearly mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director/Designee.
Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility and participating in performance improvement activity and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, or from a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article.
Maintain a current Professional Practice Ladder portfolio and submit it annually to the Director/Designee by March 1.
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.
Maintain standards of professional nursing.