Registered Nurse Overflow Unit (4 South) Full Time-Flexible Hours

Riverside Health; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 104,587,392 - 143,895,830; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekend Shifts

Irregular Shifts

Job summary

Riverside Health in Newport News, VA is seeking a Registered Nurse with 2+ years of experience or as a new graduate eligible for bonuses. The RN will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate total nursing care for assigned patients under supervision of Nurse Manager and Director.

Full-time with flexible hours; weekend and irregular shifts. Eligible RNs may receive a $7,000 bonus for experienced nurses or $6,000 for new grads. Compensation based on experience and internal equity.

Qualifications

• RN license in Virginia or compact state upon hire.
• Bachelor's, Associate, or Nursing Diploma required or equivalent.
• CPR/BLS certification upon hire.
• Weekend and irregular shifts may be required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs using standards of practice.
• Develop and evaluate a care plan with patients and families.
• Facilitate safe patient transitions to next level of care.
• Provide education tailored to patient and family for discharge.
• Complete clinical and quality documentation per RHS standards.
• Delegate and prioritize tasks to ensure quality patient care.

Skills

Assessment

Critical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Decision making

Nursing care planning

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Associate degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma (Preferred) or equivalent

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Location: Newport News, Virginia.

Hiring Range: $36.50 - $50.23 per hour. Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.

Full Time Flexible Hours.

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 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)

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