UHC: Registered Nurse Night Shift-7 North

WVU Medicine

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Provides professional nursing care for patients in an inpatient hospital setting. The role has authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for delivering nursing care through the nursing process. The nurse applies competent clinical knowledge and skills, exercises independent nursing judgment, and is accountable for care provided personally and by healthcare providers to whom care is delegated, with the goal of achieving quality patient outcomes. Duties fall within the scope of a Registered Nurse—Level I and II. The nurse demonstrates competent knowledge and skills relevant to the patients in their care, applies principles of growth and development across the lifespan, and assesses and interprets patient data to identify age-specific needs. The position also includes participation in WVUHS’s CAPE clinical advancement program, which supports professional development and quality clinical performance for inpatient direct-care nurses. Advancement levels have specified experience, degree, certification, and competency requirements.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license in the state where services are provided, or a current multistate Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Two years of registered nursing experience.
Demonstrate required competencies, including regularly serving as a charge nurse and/or precepting new staff or nursing students.
Interpersonal skills to communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflict positively and effectively.
Motivation and drive for continuous self-development.
Ability to interact cooperatively with the healthcare team and contribute to shared goals.
Competent clinical practice and critical-thinking skills to deliver patient care efficiently while making effective use of resources.
Flexibility in response to changes in work volume, staffing, and scheduling.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt to changing workloads and assignments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or higher.

Responsibilities

Prioritize patients’ diagnoses, problems, issues, and shared goals to meet patient and healthcare-team needs.
Serve as a resource for patient and family learning needs.
Coordinate with the interprofessional team to manage changing priorities.
Function as an independent team member to provide safe, quality care.
Mentor colleagues in developing clinical knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment.
Participate in developing and continuously improving systems that support patient care planning.
Lead interprofessional teams in effective collaboration and consultation.
Design innovations to improve outcomes.
Assist other nurses in developing research skills.
Participate in collaborative planning for safe, high-quality, patient-centered healthcare.
Participate in developing, implementing, reviewing, and adhering to policies that promote patient health and safety.
Advocate for healthcare consumers’ rights to informed decision-making and self-determination.
Demonstrate leadership within the community and healthcare arena.
Engage healthcare consumers and interprofessional team members in holistic, culturally sensitive data collection.
Integrate knowledge of global and environmental factors into assessments.
Identify resources and actions to address cultural situations appropriately.
Recognize personal bias.
Share educational findings and experiences with colleagues.
Pursue higher education or training as part of lifelong learning.
Identify appropriate resources for ethical dilemmas and advance ethical nursing practice.
Demonstrate regularly serving as a charge nurse and/or precepting new staff or nursing students.
Complete annual specialty-accreditation education when required by the facility, through methods such as computer-based learning, training, in-services, or competency validation.