Registered Nurse - General Medicine - Full time - Varied Shifts
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 role involves quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism, and includes directing, coordinating, and implementing patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and the activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. A Registered Nurse II (RN II) provides care to the assigned patient population and completes annual mandatory and unit-specific competencies. RN II professional practice ladder requirements include assuming Charge Nurse responsibility; participating in PI activity and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director/Designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees, paid education, seminars, conferences, workshops, or nursing articles; and submitting an up-to-date portfolio to the Director/Designee annually by March 1. The RN II 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-level nursing education: 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; must hold either a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact license or a valid single-state license for the applicable state.
- American Heart Association-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification; new hires must obtain the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
- At least 1,872 full-time or part-time RN experience hours, or 936 hours if holding a BSN, and completion of a performance evaluation for advancement to this level.
- Meet all requirements of an RN I.
- Competency in providing care appropriate to the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
- Competency in providing care using the nursing process.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide care to the assigned patient population.
- Complete annual mandatory competencies and unit-specific competencies.
- Meet Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibility and participating in PI activity and department initiatives.
- Communicate and share relevant information with the Director/Designee and coworkers.
- Maintain and submit a current professional portfolio 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 boards or posters for staff, patients, or family members.
Benefits
- Zero-deductible health plan
- Dental and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition assistance
- Retirement savings match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Healthy U incentive-based wellness program
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending account for childcare
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development
- Discounts to on-campus dining
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
