Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - Labor Pool

Doctors Hospital of Williamsburg; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Williamsburg, VA seeks an RN to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate total nursing care for assigned patients. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based, compassionate care that aligns with facility goals and standards.

Responsibilities include supervising unlicensed staff, coordinating education for patients and families, and ensuring timely, accurate documentation. Virginia or compact-state RN licensure is required.

Qualifications

• MSN, BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma required.
• Specialty certification in field highly encouraged.
• Virginia RN license or compact state license required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and develop a plan of care.
• Implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with the team.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary staff for seamless patient care.
• Delegate and supervise non-professional personnel to support care.
• Ensure accurate documentation per standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Assessment and critical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Decision making

Team collaboration

Education

MSN

BSN

ADN

Nursing diploma

Job description

Williamsburg, VirginiaHiring 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 doDemonstrates 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.QualificationsEDUCATION: MSN, BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma required. Specialty certification in field highly encouraged.EXPERIENCE: Experience preferred in an acute care setting but not required.LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: Licensed RN or board eligible by the State of Virginia or compact state required.BLS Card requiredTo learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers.