Registered Nurse - SMH - Med Surg - Full time - Third Shift

Valley Health•Woodstock, VA

1d•$34 - $49

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 contributes to quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism; directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching and quality and safety initiatives; and coordinates activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A Registered Nurse II (RN II) provides care for the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. The role also requires completion of Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility, participating in performance improvement activity and department initiatives, sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, and contributing information from a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article. The nurse maintains a current portfolio, submits it annually to the Director/Designee by March 1, routinely solicits and validates patient and family satisfaction, participates in unit peer review, and develops an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.

Requirements

Associate degree or diploma in Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN).
RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure in the applicable Virginia and/or West Virginia state of work assignment, through a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact license or a valid single-state license.
American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Provider; new hires must hold the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
Advancement to RN II requires at least 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours, or 936 hours if the candidate holds a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation.
Meet all requirements of RN I.
Competence to provide care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Competence to provide 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.
Provide care for the assigned patient population using the nursing process and appropriate knowledge of human growth and development.
Maintain quality communication, 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.
Complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility, participating in performance improvement and department initiatives, and sharing relevant information with the Director/Designee and coworkers.
Maintain and submit a current professional portfolio annually by March 1.
Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction, participate in unit peer review, and develop educational materials for staff, patients, or family members.