Registered Nurse (RN) - Full Time - ER - Nights

rivhs; Onancock (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Virginia seeks an experienced RN to oversee perioperative patient care, plan and evaluate nursing care, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, high-quality outcomes.

The role requires Virginia RN licensure, CPR/BLS certification, and a BSN is preferred with possible critical care experience. The position is on-site in the perioperative services area within Riverside Health System.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) license in Virginia required.
• CPR/BLS certification required.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
• Critical care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs using unit standards and equipment checklists.
• Collaborate with patient and family to develop, implement and evaluate a care plan to achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrate urgency to facilitate patient throughput and ensure ethical, evidence-based care.
• Adapt education to diverse patient populations and educate families for discharge and self-care.
• Complete all clinical and quality documentation per RHS standards and regulations.
• Delegate and prioritize tasks to maintain quality care and respond to emergencies.
• Assess resources and coordinate supports to meet patient needs.

Skills

Critical care experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Onancock, 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.

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 Perioperative Services 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 Perioperative Services 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 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)

Experience

• Critical care experience (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) (Required)
• CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)

To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers .