Registered Nurse - Surgical Telemetry Step Down - Full-time

Valley Health System • Winchester, VA

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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 effective 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 annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. RN II professional practice ladder requirements include assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in PI activities and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education events, or nursing articles; and maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio by March 1. The RN II also routinely solicits and validates patient/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 applicable single-state license.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
• At least 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours for advancement to this level, or 936 hours if holding a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
• Meet all requirements of a RN I.
• Competence in providing care based on cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
• Competence in providing care using the nursing process.
• 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.
• 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 in accordance with professional nursing standards.
• Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies.
• Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility and participating in PI activities and department initiatives.
• Share information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education events, or nursing articles.
• Maintain and submit a current portfolio to the Director/Designee annually 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.

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

What This Job Offers

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