Registered Nurse Med Surg Medical 3 Unit (3 West) Full Time-Nights

101 Riverside Hospital, Inc.; Manchester (IA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RN bonus $7,000

New grad RN bonus $6,000

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Newport News, VA is seeking a Full Time RN for nights to provide comprehensive nursing care for assigned patients. Responsibilities include assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.

The role requires collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and strong documentation and education for patients and families. Bonuses: Full Time NEW GRAD RN eligible for $6,000 and experienced RNs eligible for $7,000.

Qualifications

• RN licensure in VA or a compact state upon hire
• CPR/BLS certification upon hire

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and apply standards of practice.
• Demonstrate unit-specific competencies and equipment training.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate a plan of care with patient and family involvement.
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Educate patients and families before discharge and ensure understanding of discharge instructions.
• Delegate and prioritize tasks to support safe, ethical care and throughput.
• Document all clinical actions per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Patient assessment

Care planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Documentation

Patient education

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma (acceptable in lieu)

Job description

Location: Newport News, Virginia. Salary: $36.50 - $50.23/Hourly. Shift: Full Time Nights 7pm-7am.

Full Time RNs with 2 years of experience may be eligible for a $7,000 bonus. Full Time NEW GRAD RNs eligible for a $6,000 bonus.

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 standard(s) 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)
• Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or licensed in a compact state Upon Hire(Required)
• 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.

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.