Registered Nurse (RN) - Labor and Delivery - Experience Required

Riverside Regional Medical Center; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia seeks a Registered Nurse to manage total nursing care for assigned patients in the Critical Care/Telemetry units. The RN collaborates with families to develop and evaluate care plans, educates patients and caregivers, and ensures safe transitions to the next care setting.

Experience in Labor & Delivery is preferred and supervision of support staff is included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Virginia RN license required.
• CPR/BLS certification required.
• Labor & Delivery experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and develop a care plan.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care.
• Educate patients and families and provide discharge instructions.
• Document accurately per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Delegate tasks and ensure safe patient care.

Skills

Assessment & care planning

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Delegation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

RN License - VDHP

CPR/BLS Certification

Job description

Newport News, VirginiaHiring Range$38.60 - $53.08/Hourly Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.OverviewThis 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 doDemonstrates 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.QualificationsEducationBachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)ExperienceHealthcare/Medical - Nurse: Registered Nurse (Preferred)Previous experience working in a Labor & Delivery unit is required.Licenses and CertificationsRegistered 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.