Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Full time

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 effective 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 to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. RN II professional practice ladder requirements include 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 conferences, workshops, or nursing articles; maintaining a portfolio and submitting it annually by March 1; soliciting and validating patient and family satisfaction; participating in unit peer review; and developing educational bulletin board or poster content for staff, patients, or family members. This position is in Emergency Room Nursing and is listed as full time, with a first shift schedule. The pay range is $34.00–$48.87.

Requirements

Associate-level nursing education, such as an 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), with either a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact license or a single-state license valid for the applicable state.
American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Provider (HCP); new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
Meet all requirements of a RN I.
For advancement to RN II: at least 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours, or 936 hours if holding a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.

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 using the nursing process and in accordance with the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
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 conferences, 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 unit peer review.
Develop educational bulletin board or poster content for staff, patients, or family members.