Registered Nurse - Mom -Baby - Part Time - Night Shift

Valley Health System•Winchester, VA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for using nursing skills to carry out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The role requires effective communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism. The nurse 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) provides care to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. The RN II also meets Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in PI activities and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education events, 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 materials for staff, patients, or families. The role requires an associate degree in nursing or an RN diploma. A BSN is preferred. Advancement to this level requires the specified RN experience and completion of a performance evaluation. An RN license and current AHA-approved BLS certification are required.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN).
Minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time hours of RN experience for advancement to this level; 936 hours if the candidate holds a BSN.
Completion of a performance evaluation.
Current RN license, or eligibility to practice pending licensure, in the applicable Virginia and/or West Virginia state of work assignment, through a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact license or a valid single-state license.
AHA-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; new hires must have the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Meet all requirements of a RN I.
Competence in providing care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Competence in providing care using the nursing process.
Reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.

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 using the nursing process and appropriate knowledge of human growth and development.
Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies.
Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities and participating in PI activities and department initiatives.
Share information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education events, or nursing articles.
Maintain a current portfolio and submit it to the Director/Designee annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction and participate in unit peer review.
Develop educational bulletin boards or posters for staff, patients, or family members.