Psych Registered Nurse (RN) - Labor Pool - Days - Intensive Treatment Unit

Riverside Health; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health in Hampton, VA is hiring an RN to provide comprehensive nursing care under supervision of the Nurse Manager and Director. The role emphasizes assessment, care planning, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include executing care plans, documenting accurately, and coordinating patient education and discharge planning. Requires Virginia RN licensure or compact state, CPR/BLS, and 4 12-hour shifts with weekend work as

Qualifications

• Active RN license in Virginia or compact state (Required)
• CPR/BLS Certification (Required)
• Bachelor's or Associate degree in Nursing preferred; Nursing Diploma acceptable in lieu of degree (Required)

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs per standards of practice.
• Demonstrate unit-specific competencies and equipment training.
• Develop, implement and evaluate a patient care plan with the interdisciplinary team.
• Coordinate and document patient education and discharge planning.
• Ensure accurate clinical and quality documentation per RHS standards.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Patient education

Education

Bachelors in Nursing

Associates in Nursing

Nursing Diploma

Job description

Hampton, 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.

Minimum Requirements: 4 12-hours shifts in a 6 week schedule with at least 2 of the shifts being on the weekend. Also requires one summer and one winter holiday a year.

Overview 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 patient's 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 Related RN Experience (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or licensed in 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)

To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers. If loving your work is important to you, consider a career at Riverside. By joining our team, you can make a difference in people's lives. Our mission is to care for others as we would care for those we love. We extend that sense of caring to every patient, resident and customer, as well as to each member of our team. We offer care at all stages of life, in hundreds of locations, giving you room to grow your career, along with great benefits and perks. At Riverside Health, your trust and safety are our top priorities.