Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department & ED Specialty Areas

UVA Health System; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team at UVA Health System as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department. This role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment, providing care to a diverse range of patients while participating in the development of future emergency medicine practices. Ideal candidates will have strong clinical skills, a commitment to professional development, and the ability to work effectively in a team.

Qualifications

• 1 year of relevant experience required.
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective direct care to complex patients.
• Manage care and implement treatment plans.
• Assume a beginning leadership role.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Clinical Assessment

Patient Care

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Job description

UOVUNIUSREXTERNALENUS

Virginia's hospital

is staffing up. We invite you to get in on the ground floor and join our award-winning team in the Emergency Department!

U.S. News & World Report's , and "Best Hospitals" guides, Newsweek's 2023 "Best Hospitals in VA" guide.

The University of Virginia Emergency Department presents an exciting growth opportunity. Come be part of a collaborative interdisciplinary care team envisioning and developing the future of Emergency Medicine at UVA. The Emergency Department at UVA is a Level 1 Trauma Center and Regional Referral Center. The ED currently has three adult trauma bays and one pediatric trauma bay. Our ED also houses a Comprehensive Stroke Center. With specialties such as Neurosciences, Specialized Heart and Vascular Center, and Transplant available twenty-four hours a day, we are able to provide care to patients from all over the state and adjoining states.

Application Process

Please complete this one RN application where you will identify the areas and shifts you are interested in within the Emergency Department. We are currently seeking:

• Emergency Department Staff Registered Nurses
• Emergency Department Behavioral Health Registered Nurses
• Pediatric Emergency Department Registered Nurses
• Emergency Department Observation Nurses

Candidate Expectations

We are seeking a capable clinician, focused on expanding knowledge and skills who will:

• Consistently provide effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients.
• Manage care and implement treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Seek and provide feedback for improved clinical practice.
• Assume a beginning leadership role but seek mentoring in this process.

Additional Information

This job description integrates the ANA 2015 Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2015), and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model.

• Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues, and patient/family on the patient experience.
• Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues, and patient/family on the patient experience.
• Expert Caring: encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and implementation of care.
• Empowered Leaders: demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance.
• Lifelong Learners: encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities, and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.
• Quality Achievement: includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities, and commitment to standard work.
• Innovation: is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence-based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.
• Other duties may be assigned in addition to the above responsibilities.

Position Compensation Range: $39.90 - $53.00 Hourly

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
• Experience: 1 year of relevant experience.
• Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.

Physical Demands

Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently traveling, bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills; attention to detail and ability to write legibly; ability to lift/push/pull 20 - 50 lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids, and infectious disease.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group, and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.

UVA Health includes a hospital, level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.

Through research and clinical trials, we stay at the leading edge of the treatments we offer.

We rank among the nation's top hospitals because our doctors, nurses, and caregivers make every effort to push the envelope of healthcare.

UVA Health consists of:

• UVA Medical Center
• UVA School of Medicine
• UVA School of Nursing
• Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
• UVA Physicians Group