Registered Nurse (RN) - Full Time - Nights - ICU

Riverside Hospital•Smithfield, VA

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 may work in a variety of settings and roles within the Critical Care/Telemetry Complex and Riverside Health System. The role uses communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making to create care plans based on patients’ physiological, psychosocial, and cultural needs, and includes supervising and delegating to nonprofessional personnel. The RN must demonstrate competence in addressing the age-related needs of the patient populations served in Critical Care/Telemetry units and departments. Working under leadership and with a multidisciplinary team, the RN provides clinical care and services in accordance with Riverside Health System standards and facility goals and plans. The RN assesses patient needs using applicable standards of practice, partners with patients and families on plans of care and treatment, and applies evidence-based practice. The role coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team, supports safe transitions between care settings, and individualizes patient and family education. The RN evaluates and documents patient comprehension, appropriately delegates and prioritizes tasks, responds to emergencies, completes required clinical and quality documentation, and focuses on quality outcomes and timely patient throughput.

Requirements

Nursing degree: ADN, BSN, or MSN.
Registered Nurse (RN) license through the Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP).
CPR/BLS certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or American Safety and Health Institute.
ACLS Provider certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or American Safety and Health Institute, required within 90 days of start.

Nice To Haves

Critical care experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ clinical and psychosocial needs according to standards of practice and unit-specific competencies.
Partner with patients and families to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care, treatments, and procedures.
Apply evidence-based standards of practice.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate care.
Facilitate safe patient transitions to the next care setting.
Adapt education methods to diverse patient populations and ensure patient and family comprehension.
Coordinate individualized patient education and discharge education, including education for family members or caregivers; evaluate comprehension and document it.
Delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to support quality care and meet patient needs.
Recognize and respond to emergency situations.
Evaluate personal support needs and use identified systems to address them.
Complete required clinical and quality documentation according to Riverside Health System standards and regulatory requirements.
Promote timely patient throughput and provide consistent, competent, ethical care.
Focus on quality patient-care outcomes and customer needs, including current evidence-based practice and quality measures.
Supervise and delegate work to nonprofessional personnel working directly with the RN.