Registered Nurse - Medical Oncology - Per Diem

Valley Health System•Winchester, VA

About The Position

The registered professional nurse uses nursing skills to carry out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The nurse is responsible for quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism. The role also directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A per diem Registered Nurse provides care to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. The role includes Professional Practice Ladder responsibilities, such as assuming charge nurse duties; participating in PI activity and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles; maintaining and submitting an annual portfolio by March 1; soliciting and validating patient/family satisfaction; participating in unit peer review; and creating educational bulletin board or poster materials for staff, patients, or families.

Requirements

Associate-level nursing education is required (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN).
Two years of RN experience is required.
An RN license is required; the nurse must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure in Virginia with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multistate license or a Virginia-only single-state license, as applicable.
Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association for Healthcare Provider is required; new hires must have appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Competence in providing care based on patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of growth and development.
Competence in providing patient care using the nursing process.
A reliable means of phone communication with the hospital is required.
For an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to RN I from a Valley Health position, an Eligibility to Test Letter or interim phone primary-source verification and documentation from VH Nurse Recruitment is required if a Virginia resident or non-compact-state resident. A resident of a Compact state other than Virginia must first secure a home-state Compact license with multistate privileges before commencing RN employment as an RN I.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
Relevant specialty certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide care to the assigned patient population using the nursing process.
Carry out 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.
Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies identified by the Director/Designee.
Fulfill Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming charge nurse responsibilities and participating in PI activity and department initiatives.
Communicate and share information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles.
Maintain a portfolio and submit it to the Director/Designee annually by March 1.
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.