Registered Nurse (RN) - Full Time - Days - ICU

101 Riverside Hospital, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Williamsburg, VA is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Critical Care/Telemetry units. The role involves assessing patients, planning and coordinating care, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team.

You will apply evidence-based practices, educate patients and families, and ensure accurate documentation to uphold Riverside Health System standards and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors Degree / Associates Degree / Program Graduate, Nursing (required)
• Experience: Critical care experience (Highly Preferred)
• Licenses and Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) - State Department of Health Professions (Required); CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required); ACLS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required within 90 days of hire)

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient clinical and psychosocial needs and develops plan of care.
• Collaborates with families to implement and evaluate treatment plans.
• Ensures adherence to evidence-based standards of practice.
• Coordinates with interdisciplinary team for patient care.
• Facilitates safe patient transitions to next care setting.
• Educates patients and families about care and discharge plans.
• Documents clinical and quality data per RHS standards.

Skills

Critical care experience

Education

Nursing degree (RN eligible)

Job description

Williamsburg, Virginia - Hiring Range $36.50 - $50.23/Hourly

Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors Degree / Associates Degree / Program Graduate, Nursing (required)
• Experience: Critical care experience (Highly Preferred)
• Licenses and Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) - State Department of Health Professions (Required); CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required); ACLS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required within 90 days of hire)

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 Critical Care/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/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 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.
• 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.
• Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• 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.

If loving your work is important to you, consider a career at Riverside. By joining our team, you can make a difference in people's lives. 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.