Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical - Part time - Third Shift

Valley Health System•Berkeley Springs, WV

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for using nursing skills to carry 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 assigned patient population and completes yearly mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. RN II professional practice ladder requirements include assuming charge nurse responsibility; participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education/seminar/conference workshops, or nursing articles; and maintaining and submitting a portfolio annually by March 1. The RN II 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 in nursing, RN diploma, ASN, or ADN.
RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in the applicable Virginia and/or West Virginia state of work assignment, through an NLC multistate license or a valid single-state license.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers; new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
For advancement to RN II, at least 1,872 full-time or part-time hours of RN experience, or 936 hours if holding a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
Meet all requirements of an RN I.
Competence in providing care appropriate to patients' cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Competence in providing care using the nursing process.
A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Carry out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management.
Provide care to the assigned patient population.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Maintain standards of professional nursing and demonstrate quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism.
Complete yearly mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee.
Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming charge nurse responsibility and participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives.
Share relevant information with the Director or designee and coworkers from committees, paid education events, or nursing articles.
Maintain a portfolio and submit it to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction, participate in unit peer review, and develop educational materials for staff, patients, or family members.