Registered Nurse Short Stay Unit (4P North) Part Time-Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and Director and is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN uses communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create care plans based on patients’ physiological, psychosocial, and cultural needs. The role also supervises and delegates to non-professional personnel working directly with the RN to ensure optimum patient care. The RN must demonstrate competence in meeting age-related needs of the patient populations served by the unit. Working under leadership and with a multidisciplinary team, the RN provides comprehensive clinical care in accordance with Riverside Health System standards of excellence and facility goals and strategic plans. The position involves partnering with patients and families, coordinating care and safe transitions, delivering patient and discharge education, maintaining accurate clinical and quality documentation, prioritizing and delegating tasks, and responding to emergencies.
Requirements
- Nursing diploma, associate degree in nursing, or bachelor's degree in nursing; a nursing diploma is the minimum education requirement.
- High school diploma or GED is required only for nursing diploma graduates.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license from the Virginia Department of Health Professions or a compact-state license upon hire.
- CPR/BLS certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or American Safety and Health Institute upon hire.
- Demonstrated competence in age-related needs of the patient populations served by the nursing unit.
- Ability to meet nursing unit-specific competencies and equipment training requirements.
- Weekend shifts and irregular shifts are required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in nursing.
- Associate degree in nursing.
Responsibilities
- Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs using standards of practice relevant to the specialty or patient population.
- Demonstrate nursing unit-specific competencies and equipment training.
- Partner with patients and families to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care, treatments, and procedures.
- Incorporate evidence-based standards of practice and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in care coordination.
- Facilitate safe patient transitions to the next level of care.
- Promote patient throughput with a sense of urgency while ensuring consistent, competent, ethical, and evidence-based care.
- Adapt education methods to support patient and family understanding; coordinate and deliver individualized patient and discharge education; evaluate comprehension and document it.
- Complete required clinical and quality documentation according to Riverside Health System standards and regulatory requirements.
- Delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to support quality patient care and service excellence.
- Recognize and respond to emergency situations, evaluate needed resources and support, and use systems to ensure needs are met.
- Supervise and delegate to non-professional personnel working directly with the RN.
Benefits
- Up to $7,000 sign-on bonus for eligible RNs with two years of nursing experience.
- Up to $6,000 sign-on bonus for eligible RNs with less than two years of experience and new graduates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Associate degree
