Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Full time

Valley Health System•Berkeley Springs, WV

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 competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. The RN II also completes Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives; communicating information from unit or hospital committees, education events, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles; and maintaining an annual portfolio for submission by March 1. The nurse 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 families.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing, RN diploma, ASN, or ADN.
Registered Nurse license, or eligibility to practice pending licensure, for the applicable Virginia and/or West Virginia work assignment; must have either a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact license or a single-state license valid in the applicable state.
American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Provider; new hires must hold the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time hours of RN experience for advancement to this level, or 936 hours if the candidate holds a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
Meet all requirements of an RN I.
Competence in providing care based on 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 stages.
Complete annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies.
Complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities, participating in performance improvement activities and department initiatives, and sharing relevant information with colleagues and leadership.
Maintain and submit an annual Professional Practice Ladder portfolio to the Director or designee by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction, participate in unit peer review, and create educational materials for staff, patients, or families.