Registered Nurse - CVICU - Nightshift

WVU Medicine

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The professional Registered Nurse has authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for delivering nursing care through the nursing process. The nurse accepts accountability, applies competent clinical knowledge and skills, and exercises independent nursing judgment for care provided by the nurse and by healthcare providers to whom care is delegated, with the goal of achieving quality patient care outcomes. The Registered Nurse demonstrates advanced-beginner-level knowledge and skills to provide care relevant to patients and applies principles of growth and development across the lifespan. The nurse assesses and interprets patient data to identify age-specific needs and provides professional nursing care in an inpatient hospital setting. The role is in the Cardiovascular ICU and is scheduled for night shift.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license issued by 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.
One year of nursing experience.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills at the advanced beginner level to provide relevant patient care and apply growth and development principles across the lifespan.
Ability to assess and interpret patient data and identify age-specific patient needs.
Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, negotiate, and resolve conflict.
Competent clinical practice and critical-thinking skills to deliver patient care efficiently with healthcare providers while maximizing resource use.
Ability to be flexible in response to changes in work volume, staffing, and scheduling.
Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt to varying workloads and assignments on a constant basis.
Meet the physical demands described, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more; use patient-handling equipment or aids for transfers, lifts, and repositioning as indicated.
Visual acuity within the normal range.
Hearing within the normal range to assess sounds and monitors.

Responsibilities

Modify each patient’s plan of care based on collected data and individual needs.
Use evidence-based practice to provide patient care.
Delegate care according to scope of practice.
Verify the plan of care with interprofessional colleagues, patients, and caregivers.
Provide education based on learning needs and family involvement.
Promote effective communication among interprofessional team members and healthcare consumers.
Influence policy to promote safe patient care.
Use appropriate resources when providing care, especially in sensitive situations.
Incorporate processes that support the organizational plan for growth and influence.
Participate in developing strategies to promote healthy communities and practice environments.
Recognize strategies to improve nursing quality.
Review and evaluate policies, procedures, and guidelines to improve healthcare quality.
Understand the importance of data collection and use.
Share educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
Participate in activities related to nurse-sensitive indicators to enhance quality of care.
Participate in continuing professional development.
Identify ethical situations and seek assistance from appropriate colleagues.
Identify ways to maintain and improve an ethical work environment conducive to safe, quality healthcare.
Adhere to patients’ moral and legal rights.
Engage in opportunities for work/life balance.
For facilities with specialty accreditation requirements, complete annual specialty-accreditation education, which may include computer-based learning, training, in-services, and competency validation.