Registered Nurse - Warren - Med.-Surg - Full Time - Shift Varies

Valley Health•Front Royal, VA

2d•$34 - $49

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 is responsible for communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism, and 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 I (RN I) provides care to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. RN I Professional Practice Ladder requirements include assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in PI activity and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles; keeping a portfolio current 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 materials for staff, patients, or family members.

Requirements

Associate-level nursing education (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN).
Required RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in Virginia, with either a Virginia-valid single-state license or a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact license, as applicable.
American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification; new hires must have 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 patient care utilizing 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: Virginia residents or non-compact-state residents must secure an Eligibility to Test Letter from the Virginia Board of Nursing, or interim phone primary-source verification documented by VH Nurse Recruitment while awaiting the letter. Residents of a Compact state other than Virginia must first secure a home-state Compact license with multistate privileges before commencing RN employment.

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 and provide care using the nursing process.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Maintain quality communication, teamwork, leadership, professionalism, and professional nursing standards.
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, and sharing relevant information with the Director/Designee and coworkers.
Maintain and submit a current portfolio annually by March 1.
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.