Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - Labor Pool

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

Job summary

Riverside Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse in Williamsburg, VA to oversee assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for assigned patients.

Under supervision of the Nurse Manager and Director, you will create care plans, coordinate with a multi-disciplinary team, and ensure high-quality, ethical care. Must hold an RN license and BLS, with internship or experience in acute care preferred.

Qualifications

• MSN, BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma required.
• Specialty certification in field highly encouraged.
• Experience preferred in an acute care setting but not required.
• Licensed RN or board eligible by the State of Virginia or compact state required.
• BLS Card required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and develop a care plan.
• Partner with patients and family to implement and evaluate plan of care.
• Coordinate and delegate tasks to ensure safe, ethical patient care.
• Complete required clinical and quality documentation per RHS standards.
• Respond to emergencies and facilitate patient transitions.

Skills

Communication

Critical thinking

Decision making

Patient assessment

Care planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Nursing degree (MSN/BSN/ADN)

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.

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. 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

• MSN, BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma required.
• Specialty certification in field highly encouraged.
• Experience preferred in an acute care setting but not required.
• Licensed RN or board eligible by the State of Virginia or compact state required.
• BLS Card required.

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.

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