Registered Nurse - CVOR - 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 includes effective communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism, and 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 for 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 activity and department initiatives, sharing information with colleagues and the Director or designee, maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio, soliciting and validating patient and family satisfaction, participating in peer review, and developing educational materials for staff, patients, or family members.

Requirements

Associate-level nursing education, including an RN diploma, ASN, or ADN.
Minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours for advancement to this level, or 936 hours if holding a BSN.
Completion of a performance evaluation for advancement to this level.
Current RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in Virginia, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a Virginia-only single-state license, in accordance with Virginia Board of Nursing regulations and primary state of residency.
BLS certification from the American Heart Association for Healthcare Provider (HCP); new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Meet all requirements of an RN I.
Competence to provide care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Competence to provide 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, leadership, and professional practice.
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 or designee.
Fulfill Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities and participating in performance improvement activity and department initiatives.
Communicate and share information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education or conference activities, or nursing articles.
Maintain a current portfolio and submit it to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
Routinely solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
Participate in unit peer review and develop educational bulletin-board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.