Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - Labor Pool - Days

Riverside Health; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits

Job summary

Riverside Health in Smithfield, VA seeks a Registered Nurse to oversee the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN will collaborate with the Nurse Manager and Director to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care using evidence-based practices within RHS standards.

Responsibilities include coordinating patient education, ensuring accurate documentation, and leading a team to deliver compassionate, high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Licensed registered nurse in Virginia or a compact state at hire
• Bachelor’s or Associate degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma acceptable
• CPR/BLS certification at hire
• High School Diploma or GED required if Nursing Diploma graduate
• Strong assessment, planning, and care coordination skills

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and develop a plan of care with the interdisciplinary team
• Coordinate with patients and families to implement and evaluate treatments and procedures
• Ensure safe patient transitions and maintain high-quality documentation per RHS standards
• Delegate and supervise non-professional staff to maintain optimal patient care
• Recognize emergencies and allocate resources to meet patient care needs

Skills

Assessment skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Decision making

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma (min education)

Tools

CPR/BLS Certification

Job description

Smithfield, 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.

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).

Benefits

• great benefits and perks.