DECEMBER 2026 NEW GRAD ONLY- (VBH Centra Specialty, FT, 7p-7a)

Centra Health

Lynchburg (VA)

Presencial

USD 43.000 - 66.000

Jornada completa

14 días+

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Descripción de la vacante

Centra Health in Virginia (Lynchburg area) seeks an entry-level Clinical Registered Nurse I to manage individualized patient care within a 26-bed long term care hospital unit. This role collaborates with physicians and a multidisciplinary team to execute and evaluate plans of care in line with Virginia Board of Nursing scope.

New graduates are welcome; diploma/associate degree in nursing and Virginia compact license or full license required, with BLS; ACLS and other specialty certifications may

Formación

New Graduate up to six months of RN experience.
Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing.
Virginia RN license or compact license.
AHA BLS Provider.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support may be required for certain specialties.

Responsabilidades

Conducts individualized patient assessments and prioritizes data according to policies/protocols.
Develops individualized care plans with measurable goals after consultation with patient and health care team.
Performs treatments and nursing interventions as ordered by provider.
Evaluates patient responses and updates the care plan as needed.
Educates patients and families and supports patient autonomy and rights.

Conocimientos

New Graduate RN

Educación

Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing

Descripción del empleo

Patient Population: Specialize in caring for medically complex patients who require extended hospitalization and advanced clinical care.
Typical Cases: Care for individuals recovering from critical illness who need ongoing respiratory support, complex wound care, intravenous therapies, cardiac monitoring, dialysis, and comprehensive rehabilitation services before transitioning to a lower level of care.
Additional Info: We utilize the LEAF system, a wearable patient monitoring technology that helps staff track and document patient repositioning. Our unit provides dialysis treatments at the bedside using TABLO dialysis machines. This innovative technology allows patients to receive dialysis without leaving their room, improving comfort and continuity of care.

Job Description

About This Unit

Beds: 26-bed Long Term Care Hospital
Patient Population: Specialize in caring for medically complex patients who require extended hospitalization and advanced clinical care.
Typical Cases: Care for individuals recovering from critical illness who need ongoing respiratory support, complex wound care, intravenous therapies, cardiac monitoring, dialysis, and comprehensive rehabilitation services before transitioning to a lower level of care.
Additional Info: We utilize the LEAF system, a wearable patient monitoring technology that helps staff track and document patient repositioning. Our unit provides dialysis treatments at the bedside using TABLO dialysis machines. This innovative technology allows patients to receive dialysis without leaving their room, improving comfort and continuity of care.

Located in the heart of Central Virginia, Centra Health is a regional, nonprofit healthcare system comprised of hospitals, medical centers, and a network of specialty and primary care practices throughout the Blue Ridge region. Centra has earned its fifth Magnet® designation, a prestigious recognition that reflects our ongoing commitment to nursing excellence, professional development, and exceptional patient care.

The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) I is the entry level for new graduate nurses who are still in or finishing their new graduate orientation. This RN is responsible for managing individualized patient care by promoting and restoring patients' health in accordance with medical and nursing plans of care and established policies and procedures. The Clinical RN I collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members in the development, execution, and evaluation of the multidisciplinary plan of care. The Clinical Registered Nurse I provides nursing services to patients and families in accordance with the scope of the RN as defined by the Virginia Board of Nursing. This RN maintains a safe care environment for their patients (clients) and delivers quality care.

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

Assessment

Conducts an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing the data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs within timeframe specified by policies, procedures, or protocols.
Conducts ongoing assessments as determined by patient’s condition and/or the policies, procedures or protocols and reprioritizes care accordingly.
Integrates nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient outcomes.

Planning

Develops, modifies, and integrates an individualized care plan which incorporates the medical plan of care, key elements from the plans of other disciplines, and standards of care and practice.
Establishes individualized, measurable patient goals in consultation with the patient, family, and health care team.

Intervention

Performs appropriate treatments as ordered by provider in an accurate and timely manner.
Performs therapeutic nursing interventions as established by individualized plan of care for the patient and his/her family.
Recognizes potential problems and responds to general information/data indicating urgent and/or emergent risk to the patient.
Initiates emergency resuscitative measures as appropriate.
Assumes responsibility and accountability for effectively managing the care of a specialty patient population.
Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is culturally sensitive to the patient and family, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to ensure patient care interventions are appropriate.

Evaluation

Evaluates patient’s responses to care based on effectiveness of nursing interventions/actions in relationship to established goals.
Initiates changes in the interdisciplinary care plan based on this evaluation. Problem solves with the specialty team to improve patient outcomes.
Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention and progress towards problem resolution.

Patient Education

Identifies learning needs of patients/families and teaches by adapting standard information based on needs.
Ensures that the patient/family demonstrates knowledge, within the abilities of the patient.
Communicates with patients and family to identify their needs and include them in the plan of care.
Acknowledgles and supports determinations by the patient and/or family concerning treatment.

Self and Peer Learning

Assumes responsibility for assessing and meeting own learning and professional development needs.
Maintains current competency in nursing specialty and requirements for department; attends required educational programs and may attend additional educational workshops; reviews nursing professional publications; establishes personal networks; may participate in professional societies.

Collaboration

Makes sound judgments in the decisions involved in coordinating multiple, increasingly complex patient care demands.
Supervises delegated care based on abilities of personnel and patient acuity.
Reports changes in patient condition to appropriate personnel.

Service Recovery

Participates in service recovery and uses appropriate resources during complex situations.
Handles conflict resolution in an appropriate, timely and consistent manner.

Resource Utilization and Stewardship

Supports organizational efforts regarding appropriate resource utilization (i.e. flexing during low census).
May begin training for a charge nurse role or as a preceptor if has strong leadership aptitude.

Improvement Activities

Participates in data collection for quality assurance activities if assigned by department leader.
Identifies and communicates recurring practice concerns in specialty areas and their impact on care.
Participates in initiatives resulting from nurse-sensitive, quality, and other specialty indicators and/or unit-based quality metrics.
Demonstrates the utilization of Centra’s safety behaviors (i.e. Speak Up for Safety).

Research/Evidence Based Practice/Quality Improvement Projects

May participate in Research or Evidence Based Practice projects.
At an entry level with ability to to communicate research and quality improvement data/findings to peers.
At an entry level with ability to be able to interpret quality improvement data relevant to the clinical specialty and communicate this data to peers.
At an entry level with ability to contribute s to the development or implementation of methods to improve quality care in areas identified as deficient by quality improvement data studies.

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