Registered Nurse - Nursing Facility - Full time - Varied Shifts

Valley Health System•Romney, WV

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for applying nursing skills throughout 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 the 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. The RN II also fulfills Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education/seminar/conference workshops, or nursing articles; and submitting an up-to-date portfolio annually by March 1. The nurse 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.
Registered Nurse licensure, or eligibility to practice pending licensure, in Virginia and/or West Virginia as applicable to the geographical area; a Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state license may be used.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association, or an AHA-approved Healthcare Provider certification; new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
At least 1,872 full-time or part-time hours of RN experience for advancement to this level, or 936 hours if the nurse holds a BSN.
Completion of a performance evaluation for advancement to this level.
Meet all requirements of a RN I.
Competence in providing care using the nursing process.
Reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).
Relevant specialty certification.

Responsibilities

Apply 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 for the assigned patient population.
Complete yearly mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director/Designee.
Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities and participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, Valley Health-paid education/seminar/conference workshops, or nursing articles.
Maintain a current 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 an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.
Provide care appropriate to patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Maintain a reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.