Registered Nurse (RN) - Full-Time - Operating Room

Riverside Health System; Gloucester (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Gloucester, Virginia, seeks an RN to assess, plan, implement and evaluate total nursing care for assigned patients in the Critical Care/Telemetry units. This role involves partnering with patients and families to develop and evaluate care plans, and coordinating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe transitions of care.

Responsibilities include education customization, thorough documentation, prioritizing tasks, and supporting patient throughput while adhering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
• Critical care experience preferred.
• RN license in Virginia required.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient clinical and psychosocial needs per unit competencies and standards.
• Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care.
• Educates patients and families; coordinates discharge planning and education.
• Delegates and prioritizes tasks to maintain quality care and safety.
• Completes all required clinical and quality documentation per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Supports patient throughput and ethical, comprehensive care across the care continuum.

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Nursing (Preferred)

Job description

Gloucester, Virginia

Hiring Range

$36.50 - $50.23/HourlyActual 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 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.

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.