Registered Nurse - Neuro-Surgical - Per Diem - Shift Varies

Valley Health System•Winchester, VA

19d

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 contributes to quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism; directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching and quality and safety initiatives; and coordinates activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A per diem Registered Nurse cares for the patient population assigned to them. The role requires completion of annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies, as well as Professional Practice Ladder requirements. These include assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in PI activity and department initiatives; sharing information from unit or hospital committees; completing a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article; and submitting an up-to-date portfolio to the Director/Designee annually by March 1. The nurse 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-level nursing education: RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN.
Two years of RN experience.
Registered Nurse license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in Virginia, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state license or a Virginia-only single-state license.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) 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 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: an Eligibility to Test Letter from the Virginia Board of Nursing, or interim phone primary-source verification and documentation by Valley Health Nurse Recruitment while awaiting the letter, if a Virginia resident or non-compact-state resident.
A resident of a Compact state other than Virginia must first obtain a home-state Compact license with multi-state privileges before beginning 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 using the nursing process and taking account of patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of development.
Contribute to quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director/Designee.
Complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility, participating in PI activity and department initiatives, sharing committee information, and completing a Valley Health-paid educational activity.
Maintain and submit a current portfolio to the Director/Designee annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction, participate in peer review, and develop educational materials for staff, patients, or family members.