Registered Nurse - Nursing Facility - Per Diem

Valley Health•Berkeley Springs, WV

135d•$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 supports effective communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism; directs and coordinates patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and the activities of other health team personnel; and maintains professional nursing standards. The Per Diem Registered Nurse provides care to the assigned patient population. The role requires completion of annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee, as well as Professional Practice Ladder requirements. These include assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in a performance improvement activity and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles; maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio 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 degree or nursing diploma (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN) required.
Two years of RN experience required.
Current RN license, or eligibility to practice pending licensure, in Virginia through either a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a Virginia-only single-state license, in accordance with Virginia Board of Nursing regulations.
American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) Healthcare Provider certification required; new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Competence in providing care appropriate to patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Competence in providing patient care using the nursing process.
Reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
For an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to RN I from another Valley Health position, obtain an Eligibility to Test Letter from the Virginia Board of Nursing if a Virginia resident or non-compact-state resident; interim phone primary-source verification and documentation by Valley Health Nurse Recruitment may be used while awaiting the letter. A resident of a compact state other than Virginia must first obtain a home-state compact license with multistate privileges before beginning RN employment as an RN I.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Relevant specialty certification.

Responsibilities

Provide care to the assigned patient population using the nursing process.
Complete assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management.
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.
Maintain professional nursing standards.
Complete annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies.
Fulfill Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities and participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles.
Maintain a portfolio and submit it annually to the Director or designee by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
Participate in unit peer review.
Develop educational bulletin board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.