RN I - Cardiac Flex Team

Carilion Clinic•Roanoke, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As a registered nurse, you are expected to consistently deliver the best in care and customer service and demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with patients, their families, visitors, and colleagues. RNs assume primary accountability for nursing coordination and provision of individualized care for patients of all ages, using delegation and critical thinking skills within a team-oriented, collaborative approach to patient care. The RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care to achieve optimum outcomes. This includes completing and documenting age-specific admission and ongoing assessments; developing and revising interdisciplinary plans of care with the health care team, patient, and family; and accurately administering and documenting treatments and medications using automated computer systems, including electronic medical records. The RN identifies, incorporates, implements, and documents patient and caregiver education needs, advocates for patients and their rights, provides psychological, social, and cultural support, and applies knowledge of growth and development to patient care. The role supports evidence-based, quality care and performance improvement; requires clinical expertise in rapidly changing circumstances; and involves planning strategies to reduce length of stay, turnaround time, and resource consumption while improving outcomes. The RN serves as a role model to coworkers, students, and physicians; manages resources and priorities; completes assigned projects; helps resolve patient and personnel situations; participates in new employee orientation; provides staff feedback; contributes to unit, hospital, or system activities and decision-making; and assists with unit or department education activities.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing or an approved program and eligible to sit for the Virginia licensure exam.
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in Virginia or eligible to obtain Virginia RN licensure.
AHA BLS-HCP required.
BLS, ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP may be required to obtain or maintain based on the specific work unit.
Computer skills required for use of the EPIC electronic medical record.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care to achieve optimum patient outcomes.
Complete and document age-specific admission and ongoing assessments, and use findings to develop individualized plans of care.
Collaborate with the health care team, patients, and families to develop, implement, and evaluate interdisciplinary plans of care; revise plans as patient status changes.
Accurately administer and document treatments and medications using automated computer systems, including electronic medical records.
Identify patient and caregiver education needs, incorporate them into the plan of care, and implement and document education appropriately.
Advocate for patients and their rights and provide psychological, social, and cultural support.
Apply knowledge of growth and development to appropriately care for patients served.
Support evidence-based quality care and performance improvement through clinical, leadership, and/or education pathways.
Plan strategies to reduce length of stay, turnaround time, and resource consumption and improve patient outcomes.
Serve as a role model for clinical practice to coworkers, students, and physicians.
Manage resources, establish priorities, and modify the environment to meet patient care needs.
Complete manager- or director-designated projects within specified time frames and guidelines.
Use problem-solving methods to facilitate resolution of patient and personnel situations in the work area.
Take an active role in orienting new employees and provide staff feedback using appropriate communication and documentation.
Participate in unit, hospital, and/or system activities that provide staff input into practice, environment, and work issues and decision-making.
Assist with education activities for the unit or department.