DECEMBER 2026 RN NEW GRAD ONLY-Gretna ED-FT/7p-7a
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) plans, coordinates, and manages care for assigned patients under Centra’s Professional Practice Model. The RN leads collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to develop and coordinate plans of care, delegates care as appropriate, and works to achieve desired patient outcomes. The RN promotes quality and service best practices, maintains a safe patient environment, and contributes to a healthy work environment. Nursing practice reflects the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, the Virginia Nurse Practice Act, and ANA Principles of Nurse Staffing. This is a December 2026 new graduate RN position in the Emergency Department in Gretna, with a full-time 7 p.m.–7 a.m. schedule. The role includes assessing patients, planning and delivering individualized care, responding to urgent and emergent risks, evaluating outcomes, educating patients and families, collaborating with the care team, and participating in professional development and quality improvement activities.
Requirements
- Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing.
- Registered nurse license in the Commonwealth of Virginia or a compact license valid for practice in Virginia.
- AHA BLS Provider certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support for Emergency Department roles.
- Ability to perform the duties of the RN role, including assessment, care planning, interventions, evaluation, patient education, collaboration, and documentation.
Responsibilities
- Conduct individualized and ongoing patient assessments, prioritize data collection, and reprioritize care according to patient condition and applicable policies and protocols.
- Integrate nursing interventions into multidisciplinary plans of care and develop or modify individualized care plans with measurable goals in consultation with patients, families, and the health care team.
- Perform ordered treatments accurately and promptly, deliver therapeutic nursing interventions, recognize urgent or emergent risks, and initiate resuscitative measures as appropriate.
- Manage care for the specialty patient population and provide culturally sensitive, nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure care interventions are appropriate.
- Evaluate patient responses to care, update interdisciplinary plans based on evaluation, problem-solve with the specialty team, and document assessment findings, responses, and progress.
- Identify patient and family learning needs, provide adapted education, assess understanding, include them in care planning, and support their treatment decisions.
- Maintain and develop nursing competency through learning, required education, professional publications, networks, and other development activities.
- Coordinate complex care demands, supervise delegated care according to staff abilities and patient acuity, and report changes in patient condition.
- Participate in service recovery and resolve conflicts appropriately and promptly.
- Support appropriate resource use, including flexing during low census; may begin charge nurse or preceptor training if demonstrating strong leadership aptitude.
- Participate in assigned quality assurance data collection, identify and communicate recurring practice concerns, contribute to quality initiatives, and demonstrate Centra safety behaviors.
- May participate in research or evidence-based practice projects and communicate research and quality improvement findings, interpret relevant data, and contribute to methods for improving care.
- Maintain confidentiality, advocate for patients, protect patient autonomy, dignity, and rights, and maintain professional nurse-patient boundaries.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
