Registered Nurse - Psych - Full Time - Shift Varies

Valley Health System•Winchester, VA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for effectively carrying out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The role requires quality communication, teamwork, and professionalism, and includes directing, coordinating, and implementing 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 to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory competencies and any 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 PI activities and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education events, or nursing articles; and maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio by March 1. The RN II 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-level nursing education: RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN.
RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in the applicable Virginia and/or West Virginia work state, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a single-state license valid for the applicable state.
American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (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 hours of RN experience for advancement to this level, or 936 hours if the candidate holds a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
Meet all requirements of an RN I.
Competence in providing care based on patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Competence in providing 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 and professional leadership.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Provide care to the assigned patient population using the nursing process and in accordance with patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Complete annual mandatory and applicable unit-specific competencies.
Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility and participating in PI activities and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education events, or nursing articles.
Maintain a current 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 develop educational materials for staff, patients, or family members.