Registered Nurse - Surgical Telemetry Step Down - Full-time

Valley Health•Winchester, VA

2d•$34 - $49

About The Position

The registered professional nurse uses nursing skills to carry out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The role involves effective communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism, as well as directing, coordinating, and implementing patient education, quality and safety initiatives, and the 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 competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. The RN II also fulfills Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in performance improvement activity and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education or professional events, or nursing articles; maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio by March 1; soliciting and validating patient and family satisfaction; participating in unit peer review; and developing educational materials for staff, patients, or family members.

Requirements

Associate-level nursing education: 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 a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a valid single-state license.
American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers; new hires must obtain the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Meet all requirements of a Registered Nurse I.
Competence in providing care using the nursing process and based on patients' cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
For advancement to RN II, at least 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours, or 936 hours if holding a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.

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 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 assigned patient population.
Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee.
Fulfill Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility and participating in performance improvement activity and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, Valley Health-paid education or professional events, or nursing articles.
Maintain a current portfolio and submit it annually to the Director or designee by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
Participate in unit peer review and develop educational bulletin-board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.
Provide care appropriate to patients' cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.