Registered Nurse - General Medicine - Full time - Varied Shifts

Valley Health System•Winchester, VA

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 activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A Registered Nurse II (RN II) provides care for the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. RN II professional practice ladder requirements include taking responsibility as Charge Nurse, participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives, sharing information with the Director or designee and co-workers from a unit or hospital committee or an educational activity, and maintaining an annual portfolio submitted by March 1. The RN II also routinely solicits 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 degree in nursing, RN diploma, ASN, or ADN.
RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in the applicable state of work assignment, Virginia and/or West Virginia, through an NLC multistate license or a single-state license valid in that state.
American Heart Association-approved BLS certification for Healthcare Providers; new hires must have the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours, or 936 hours if holding a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation for advancement to this level.
Meet all requirements of a RN I.
Competence to provide care appropriate to patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of 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).
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 and applicable unit-specific competencies.
Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility, participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives, and sharing information from committees or educational activities.
Maintain a professional practice portfolio and submit it to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction, participate in unit peer review, and create educational materials for staff, patients, or family members.