Registered Nurse - Warren - Med.-Surg - Full Time - Shift Varies

Valley Health System•Front Royal, VA

23h

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 nurse is responsible for quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism. The role also 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 I (RN I) provides care to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. The RN I also fulfills Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including 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 or professional events, workshops, or nursing articles; and maintaining an annual portfolio submitted by March 1. The nurse routinely seeks 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-level nursing education (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN).
Current RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in Virginia, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state license or a Virginia-only single-state license, as applicable.
American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) certification for Healthcare Providers; new hires must have the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Competence in providing care based on cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Competence in providing patient care using the nursing process.
A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
For an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to RN I from another Valley Health position: obtain an Eligibility to Test Letter from the Virginia Board of Nursing if a Virginia resident or non-compact-state resident; interim phone primary-source verification and documentation by VH Nurse Recruitment may be used while awaiting the letter. A resident of a Compact state other than Virginia must first obtain a home-state Compact license with multi-state privileges before commencing RN employment as an RN I.

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 and deliver care using the nursing process.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Maintain quality communication, teamwork, leadership, professionalism, and professional nursing standards.
Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director/Designee.
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 or professional events, workshops, or nursing articles.
Maintain a portfolio and submit it to the Director/Designee annually by March 1.
Routinely solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
Participate in peer review for the unit.
Develop an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.