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

Riverside Health; Gloucester (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Gloucester, Virginia is seeking a Registered Nurse to work under supervision, responsible for the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care, working with families and interdisciplinary teams to ensure quality outcomes. Qualified candidates should have a Nursing degree and be a licensed RN. Experience as a Staff Nurse is preferred, along with CPR/BLS certification.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs applying standards of practice.
• Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate treatment plans.
• Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations.

Responsibilities

• Completes required clinical and quality documentation per standards.
• Delegates and prioritizes tasks for quality patient care.
• Facilitates patient transitions to the next level of care.

Job description

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. 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.

Location: Gloucester, Virginia

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)
• Program Graduate, Registered Nurse (Required)

Experience

• 1 year Staff Nurse (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) - State Department of Health Professions (Required)
• CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)