Registered Nurse - Med/Surge - Full Time - Third Shift
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 quality 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 III (RN III) provides care to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. The RN III also fulfills Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities, participating in performance-improvement activity and department initiatives, sharing information from unit or hospital committees, and completing a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article. The RN maintains and submits an annual portfolio by March 1, participates on a committee and validates that participation, 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
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- Minimum of 5,616 hours of RN experience for advancement to this level.
- RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in the applicable Virginia and/or West Virginia state of work assignment, through either a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a single-state license valid in the applicable state.
- American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification; new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
- Meet all requirements of a RN II.
- Competence providing care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
- Competence providing care using the nursing process.
- Reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
Nice To Haves
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
- 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.
- 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.
- Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee.
- Fulfill Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities, participating in performance-improvement activity and department initiatives, and sharing information from unit or hospital committees.
- Complete a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article, and submit an up-to-date portfolio to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
- Participate on a committee and provide validation of participation.
- Routinely solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
- Participate in peer review for the unit.
- Develop educational bulletin board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.
Benefits
- Zero-deductible health plan.
- Dental and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off.
- Tuition assistance.
- Retirement savings match.
- Employee assistance program.
- Healthy U incentive-based wellness program.
- Health savings account and flexible spending account for childcare.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Professional development.
- Discounts to on-campus dining.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
