Registered Nurse - Med Surg - Full time - Varied Shifts

Valley Health System•Romney, WV

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for effectively carrying out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The role also requires quality 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 population assigned to them. The RN II completes yearly mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. The role also includes fulfilling Professional Practice Ladder requirements: 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, Valley Health-paid education, seminars, conferences, workshops, 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, including an RN diploma, ASN, or ADN.
RN experience sufficient for advancement to this level: at least 1,872 full-time or part-time hours, or 936 hours if the candidate holds a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
A valid RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in the applicable Virginia and/or West Virginia work state, with either a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact license or a single-state license valid in the applicable state.
American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) certification for Healthcare Providers; new hires must hold the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Meets all requirements of an RN I.
Competence in providing care based on patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Competence in providing care using the nursing process.
A 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 demonstrate competence in the nursing process and in care appropriate to patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Complete yearly mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee.
Meet 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, Valley Health-paid education or events, or nursing articles.
Maintain a current portfolio and submit it to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
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.