Registered Nurse - Radiology - Full time

Valley Health System•Winchester, VA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for applying nursing skills throughout 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 education, 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 role also includes Professional Practice Ladder activities: assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in performance-improvement activities and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education or professional events, or nursing articles; maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio by March 1; seeking and validating patient and family satisfaction; participating in unit peer review; and developing educational materials for staff, patients, or families. The position is in Radiology Holding. The RN must meet RN I requirements and be competent to provide care appropriate to patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development, using the nursing process. A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital is required.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing (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) certification for Healthcare Provider (HCP); new hires must have the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours for advancement to this level, or 936 hours if holding a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
Meet all requirements of a RN I.
Competence in providing care based on patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development, and 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 for the assigned patient population and maintain professional nursing standards.
Complete annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies.
Complete Professional Practice Ladder activities, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities, participating in performance-improvement activities and department initiatives, and sharing relevant information with the Director/Designee and coworkers.
Maintain and submit the Professional Practice Ladder portfolio annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction and participate in unit peer review.
Develop educational bulletin-board or poster materials for staff, patients, or family members.