Registered Nurse - Critical Care Step Down - Full time - 3rd Shift

Valley Health•Front Royal, VA

2d•$34 - $49

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 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 and unit-specific competencies. The RN II also completes Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in PI activities and department initiatives; communicating information from unit or hospital committees, Valley Health-paid education, seminars, or conferences, or a nursing article; and maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio to the Director/Designee by March 1. The role routinely solicits and validates patient and family satisfaction, participates in unit peer review, and develops educational bulletin boards or posters for staff, patients, or family members.

Requirements

Associate degree or nursing diploma (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN) required.
RN license required, 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 applicable single-state license.
American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) Healthcare Provider certification required; new hires must hold the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time hours of RN experience for advancement to this level, or 936 hours if the candidate holds a BSN; completion of a performance evaluation is also required.
Meet all requirements of an RN I.
Competence to provide care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Competence to provide care using the nursing process.
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 assigned patient population and complete annual mandatory and 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/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, Valley Health-paid education or seminars or conferences, or a nursing article.
Maintain a current portfolio and submit it to the Director/Designee annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction, participate in unit peer review, and create educational bulletin boards or posters for staff, patients, or family members.