Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Full time

Valley Health•Winchester, VA

1d•$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 contributes through effective 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 II (RN II) is responsible for caring for the assigned patient population. The RN II completes annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee, and fulfills Professional Practice Ladder requirements. These include assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in PI activity and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education/seminars/conferences, or nursing articles; and maintaining a portfolio submitted annually by March 1. The RN II routinely 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

Associate-level nursing education, such as an RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN.
RN license, or eligibility to practice pending licensure, in the applicable state of work assignment (Virginia and/or West Virginia), through an NLC multistate license or a single-state license valid in the applicable state.
American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) Healthcare Provider certification; new hires must have the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Meet all requirements of an RN I.
Competence in providing care using the nursing process.
A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
Advancement to RN II requires a minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time hours of RN experience, or 936 hours if the candidate holds a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.

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 professionalism.
Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
Provide care to the assigned patient population.
Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee.
Fulfill Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility and participating in PI activity and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education/seminars/conferences, or nursing articles.
Maintain a current portfolio and submit it to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
Participate in peer review for the unit and develop educational bulletin-board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.
Provide care appropriate to patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.