Registered Nurse (RN) ED-Trauma Center-Part Time

Riverside Health System; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $18,000 for ED RN

Sign-on bonus up to $6,000 for grads

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Newport News, Virginia, seeks an RN to oversee comprehensive nursing care across critical care and telemetry units. You will assess needs, collaborate with the care team, and ensure high standards of patient education and discharge planning.

The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, patient safety, and coordination with a multi-disciplinary team. Eligible candidates may receive sign-on bonuses up to $18,000 (2 years ED RN experience) or up to $6,000 for grads with

Qualifications

• RN license in Virginia or compact state required at hire.
• CPR/BLS certification required at hire.
• ACLS required within 90 days of hire.
• PALS preferred within 180 days of hire.
• TNCC preferred within 1 year of hire.
• ENPC preferred within 1 year of hire.
• Weekend and irregular shifts required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs in ICU/Telemetry settings.
• Develop, implement and evaluate care plans with patients and families.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ensure safe transitions to next care setting.
• Document clinical and quality data per RHS standards and regulations.
• Delegate and prioritize tasks to ensure high-quality patient care; respond to emergencies.

Skills

1 year Related Experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Nursing

Associates Degree, Nursing

Nursing Diploma (Program Graduate) or higher accepted

High School Diploma or GED (only if Nursing Diploma Graduate)

RN license in Virginia or compact state

CPR/BLS Certification

ACLS Provider

PALS Provider

TNCC

ENPC

Job description

Newport News, Virginia

Hiring Range

$38.60 - $53.08/HourlyActual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.

RNs with 2 years ED RN nursing experience may be eligible for up to $18,000 sign on bonus

New Grads and RNs with less than 2 year ED RN nursing experience or other RN nursing experience may be eligible for up to $6,000 sign on bonus

Overview
This position 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 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. 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/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

• 1 year Related Experience (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or 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) and
• ACLS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required 1 yr RRMC) within 90 Days(Required) and
• PALS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Preferred RRMC) within 180 Days(Required)
• Trauma Certified RN (TNCC) within 1 Year (Preferred) and
• Emergency Pediatric Certified RN (ENPC) within 1 Year (Preferred)

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.