Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - Full-Time - Nights

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

Job summary

Riverside Smithfield Hospital in Smithfield, VA is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Medical-Surgical unit during night shifts. The role requires strong assessment, planning, and teamwork to provide comprehensive patient care.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring safe care transitions and accurate documentation. Ideal candidates hold a Virginia RN license (or compact state), CPR/BLS, and a BSN/ADN combination based on experience.

Qualifications

• RN license in Virginia or a compact state is required upon hire.
• CPR/BLS certification required upon hire.
• BSN preferred; ADN acceptable based on experience.
• Must demonstrate competence with adult medical-surgical patients and diverse populations.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ clinical and psychosocial needs and develop an individualized care plan.
• Implement and evaluate nursing care and treatments for assigned patients.
• Delegate tasks to appropriate personnel and supervise to ensure quality care.
• Document care accurately in charting per RHS standards and regulations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to coordinate patient care and transitions.

Skills

Patient assessment

Care planning

Delegation

Clinical documentation

Team collaboration

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma

HS Diploma or GED

Job description

## Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - Full-Time - NightsApply: Riverside Smithfield Hospital - Smithfield, VA: Full time: Posted Today: 2026-037885Smithfield, 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 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 nursing unit. 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) or* Associates Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or* Program Graduate, Nursing (Nursing Diploma is minimum education requirement, Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Nursing accepted in lieu of Nursing Diploma) (Required) and* High School Diploma or GED, HS Diploma/GED only required if Nursing Diploma Graduate (Required)**Licenses and Certifications*** Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or licensed in a compact state Upon Hire(Required) and* CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required)