Registered Nurse (RN) 13 week Temporary Assignment-Cardiac Telemetry

Riverside Health System; Newport News (VA); Presencial; USD 62.000 - 117.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Riverside Health System in Newport News, Virginia, is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Cardiovascular/Telemetry units. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for assigned patients under the supervision of Nurse Manager and Director.

Responsibilities include collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring safe transitions, and documenting care and quality metrics according to RHS standards. Weekend and irregular shifts are required.

Formación

• 2 years of RN experience (Required)
• Licensure as RN in Virginia or a compact state (Upon Hire, Required)
• CPR/BLS Certification (Upon Hire, Required)
• Critical Care Nurse Specialty Certification (Preferred)

Responsabilidades

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and develop a care plan.
• Partner with patients and families to implement and evaluate the plan of care; ensure evidence-based practice.
• Facilitate patient throughput and quality outcomes with ethical care.
• Educate patients and families with discharge instructions, adapting to diverse populations.
• Complete all required clinical and quality documentation per RHS standards.
• Delegate and prioritize tasks to support patient care and emergency response.

Educación

BSN preferred

ADN preferred

Nursing Diploma minimum

HS Diploma/GED

Herramientas

CPR/BLS

VDHP License/Compact State

Descripción del empleo

Newport News, Virginia

Hiring Range

$45.00 - $85.00/HourlyActual pay is determined by temporary commitment and business needs

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 may work in a variety of settings in the Cardiovascular/Telemetry Complex and roles within Riverside Health System. 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 the Critical Care/Telemetry units/departments. 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 ands psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population served in the Critical Care Cardiac/Telemetry units/departments (see unit specific competencies and equipment checklists).
• Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient. Assesses and incorporates evidence-based standards of practice. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the coordination care. Facilitates safe patient transitions to the next care setting as part of plan of care.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to assure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care. Focuses on quality outcomes of patient care when addressing customer’s needs to include current evidence based practice and quality measures.
• Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations and ability to modify education method to ensure patient/family comprehension. Educates by assuming responsibility to individualize and coordinate patient education, and discharge specific education that includes family/caregiver. Evaluates for patient comprehension and documents.
• Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient care needs are met. Able to recognize and respond to emergency situations. Evaluates own needs for support and uses identified systems to meet need.

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

• 2 years of RN experience (Required)

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)
• Critical Care Nurse Specialty Certification (Preferred)

Other Requirements

• Weekend Shifts
• Irregular Shifts