RN - Williamsburg Cancer Infusion Center
About The Position
The RN works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the 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 skills to create individualized care plans based on patients’ physiological, psychosocial, and cultural needs, and supervises and delegates to non-professional personnel to support optimum patient care. The role requires competence in addressing age-related needs of the patient populations served. Working under leadership and with a multidisciplinary team, the RN provides clinical care and services in accordance with Riverside Health System standards of excellence, facility goals, and strategic plans. The position includes specialty-specific assessment and care planning, patient and family education, care coordination and transitions, quality documentation, task delegation, and response to emergency situations.
Requirements
- Nursing diploma, associate degree in nursing, or bachelor’s degree in nursing; a nursing diploma is the minimum education requirement, and an associate or bachelor’s degree is accepted in lieu of a diploma.
- 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, upon hire.
- CPR/BLS certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or American Safety and Health Institute, upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
- Associate degree in nursing preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ 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.
- Use evidence-based standards of practice and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate care.
- Facilitate safe transitions to the next level of care.
- Support patient throughput and provide consistent, competent, ethical, and evidence-based care focused on quality outcomes.
- Adapt education methods to diverse patient populations; coordinate and deliver individualized patient and discharge education to patients and families or caregivers, 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 emergencies, evaluate needed resources and support, and use systems to ensure needs are met.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
