Registered Nurse Short Stay Unit 4P North-Full Time-Nights

Newport News, Virginia Hiring Range $36.50 - $50.23/Hourly
Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs

Full Time RNs with 2 years of experience may be eligible for a $7,000 bonus Up to $6,000 Sign on Bonus for eligible RNs with less than 2 years experience Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the Director and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients

The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a care plan for each patient based on physiological, psychosocial and cultural diversity

Responsible for supervising and delegating non-professional personnel working directly with him/her to ensure optimum patient care Must demonstrate competence in dealing with age related needs of the specific patient populations served in nursing unit

Works under the direction of leadership and a multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive range of services or clinical care associated with and in accordance with standards of excellence established by Riverside Health system and facility goals and strategic plans.

What you will do

Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population Demonstrates nursing unit specific competencies and equipment training, see checklists

Partners with patients and their family to develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient

Incorporates evidence based standards of practice and collaborates with interdisciplinary team in care coordination Facilitates safe patient transition to next level of care as part of plan of care

Demonstrates sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to ensure patient receives consistent, competent and ethical care Focuses on quality outcomes of patient when addressing service needs to ensure evidence based quality care of patient

Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations Modifies education method to ensure patient/family understanding Assumes responsibility to coordinate and deliver individualized patient education and discharge specific education to family/caregivers

Evaluates for comprehension and documents Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements

Delegates and prioritizes tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and service excellence to meet the patients care needs Recognizes and responds to emergency situations

Evaluates resources and support needed and uses systems to ensure needs are met.

Qualifications

Education Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or Associates Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or Program Graduate, Nursing (Nursing Diploma is minimum education requirement, Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Nursing accepted in lieu of Nursing Diploma) (Required) and High School Diploma or GED, HS Diploma/GED only required if Nursing Diploma Graduate (Required) Experience 1 year RN experience preferred Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or licensed in a compact state Upon Hire(Required) and CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required) Other Requirements Weekend Shifts Irregular Shifts To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers .