Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - Rotating

VCU Health • New Kent, VA

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About The Position

The Clinical Nurse role integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the needs of patients and families. Nurses assist the health care team with preventing illness and injury, maintaining wellness, and providing comfort. They deliver and accurately document direct, age-specific care based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care, and safely administer prescribed medications while identifying incompatibilities or interactions.

Clinical Nurse I provides direction and education and begins acquiring unit-level leadership skills. Clinical Nurse II demonstrates mastery of clinical skills, begins applying this knowledge to a specific patient population, recognizes changes in patient situations, intervenes appropriately, mobilizes resources to meet individualized patient and family needs, and assumes unit-level leadership responsibilities. Clinical Nurse III demonstrates unit-level clinical knowledge, anticipates changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately, and serves as a clinical role model.

Nurses follow physician or licensed independent provider orders, nursing practice regulations in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the ANA Code of Ethics, national nursing practice standards, and VCUHS policies and procedures. They organize work and may delegate and supervise the work of RNs, LPNs, Care Partners, Unit Secretaries, and others. Clinicians work all three shifts, weekends, and holidays; individual rotations and schedules are established with the Nurse Manager or Practice Manager and may be adjusted to meet unit needs.

The role serves age-specific groups as appropriate to the unit assignment. Physical requirements include lifting 20–50 pounds; prolonged standing and sitting; frequent bending; walking; climbing; and reaching. The work involves potential exposure to hazardous and infectious substances, a fast- and steady-paced and noisy environment, multiple priorities, and frequent and intense customer interactions. It also requires recall, reasoning, problem solving, hearing, clear speech, legible writing, reading, and logical thinking.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure in Virginia, or eligibility for licensure in Virginia, or licensure in a compact state at hire.
• Current RN licensure in Virginia and AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent for continued employment.
• Diploma or associate degree from a professional nursing program recognized or approved by the corresponding state Board of Nursing.
• Nurses without a bachelor's degree in nursing or higher must enroll in an approved RN-to-BSN program within two years of their start date and complete it within five years, unless grandfathered under previous requirements.
• Clinical Nurse II: 12 to 24 months of RN experience.
• Clinical Nurse III: 3 years of clinical experience.
• Follow physician or licensed independent provider orders and practice within the regulations governing nursing in Virginia.
• Physical capacity to lift 20–50 pounds and perform the listed physical activities; ability to work around potentially hazardous and infectious substances.
• Ability to meet the role's mental, sensory, and emotional demands, including handling multiple priorities and frequent, intense customer interactions.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical Nurse I: Experience as an LPN, nursing assistant, or care partner in an acute care setting or as applicable to the area of practice.
• Clinical Nurse II and III: Academic health care experience.
• Clinical Nurse II and III: Experience with a similar patient population in an acute care setting or as applicable to the area of practice.
• Completion of a bachelor's degree in nursing or higher from an accredited program.
• Clinical Nurse III: Certification in a specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and accurately document direct, age-specific patient care based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care.
• Safely administer prescribed medications and identify incompatibilities or interactions.
• Assist the health care team with prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
• Recognize or anticipate changes in patient situations and intervene appropriately, according to clinical level.
• Provide direction and education; assume unit-level leadership responsibilities or serve as a clinical role model, according to clinical level.
• Mobilize resources to meet individualized patient and family needs (Clinical Nurse II).
• Organize work and delegate and supervise others, including RNs, LPNs, Care Partners, and Unit Secretaries.
• Follow applicable provider orders, nursing practice regulations, professional standards, and VCUHS policies and procedures.
• Work rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays, according to unit requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree