Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room Labor Pool
About The Position
This position is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN may work in a variety of settings and roles within Riverside Health System, using communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making to create a care plan based on each patient’s physiological, psychosocial, and cultural needs. The RN supervises and delegates to non-professional personnel working directly with them to support optimum patient care and demonstrates competence in addressing the age-related needs of the patient population. Working under the direction of leadership and a multidisciplinary team, the RN provides comprehensive services or clinical care in accordance with Riverside Health System standards of excellence, facility goals, and strategic plans. The role description refers to patient care in Critical Care/Telemetry units or departments and associated specialty or population-specific standards and competencies.
Requirements
- Virginia Department of Health Professions Registered Nurse (RN) license (required).
- CPR/BLS certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or American Safety and Health Institute (required).
- Demonstrated competence in addressing age-related needs of the relevant patient populations.
- Ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs, coordinate care, educate patients and families, document care, delegate and prioritize tasks, and respond to emergencies.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (preferred).
- Healthcare/Medical experience as a Registered Nurse (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs using standards of practice relevant to the specialty or patient population served.
- Partner with patients and families to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care, treatments, and procedures that support physiological and psychosocial outcomes.
- Apply evidence-based standards of practice and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate care.
- Facilitate safe transitions to the next care setting as part of the plan of care.
- Promote timely patient throughput and consistent, competent, ethical care, with attention to quality outcomes, evidence-based practice, and quality measures.
- Adapt patient and family education to diverse populations, individualize and coordinate education—including discharge education with family or caregivers—and evaluate and document comprehension.
- Complete required clinical and quality documentation in accordance with Riverside Health System standards and regulatory requirements.
- Delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to support quality care and meet patient needs.
- Recognize and respond to emergency situations.
- Assess personal support needs and use identified systems to address them.
- Supervise and delegate to non-professional personnel working directly with the RN.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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