Registered Nurse (RN) Rapid Response Team

Riverside Health; Manchester (IA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health in Newport News, Virginia is seeking an RN with critical care experience to deliver high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment. You will assess patients, prioritize interventions, document outcomes, and collaborate with nurses, physicians, and support teams to ensure safe, evidence-based care.

The role emphasizes rapid response participation, sepsis trend analysis using EMR data, staff mentorship, and ongoing rounds to improve core measures and standards of care

Qualifications

• Education: Nursing degree (Bachelors or Associates) preferred; nursing program graduate required if diploma holder; HS diploma/GED required only if nursing diploma.
• Experience: 2 years of RN Critical Care (ICU or ER) experience, OR 3 total years of RN experience with at least one year in critical care as an RN (ICU or ER)
• Licenses and Certifications: RN license (Virginia) upon hire; CPR/BLS; ACLS; PALS preferred; CCCN preferred

Responsibilities

• Act as clinical expert to maintain and improve patient care.
• Provide clinical expertise during rapid responses including code blue, brain attack and rapid responses.
• Provide clinical assistance to staff and mentor on early identification of sepsis.
• Use EMR data analytics for sepsis trending and work with clinical team for early identification of sepsis or rapid response codes.

Skills

Critical Care RN

EMR data analytics

Rapid response coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing program graduate (Required if diploma holder)

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Newport News, Virginia Hiring Range $38.60 - $53.08/Hourly

Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.

Overview

Delivers patient care through assessment of patient, prioritization and implementation of interventions to ensure optimal patient outcomes, documentation of interventions and outcomes, communication with other team members and disciplines, and safe delivery of age appropriate and culturally aware patient care. Provides clinical expertise and intervention during rapid response to codes including code blue, code brain and rapid responses. Serves as a resource/support to staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments. Is responsible for Rapid Response calls, follow-up visits, Rapid Response data collection, entry and analysis, development of Rapid Response practice guidelines, evaluation of patient codes and informal education of staff.

What you will do

Acts as a clinical expert and resource to maintain and improve patient care. Provide clinical expertise and intervention during rapid response to codes including code blue, brain attack and rapid responses. Provides clinical assistance to staff members and demonstrates the use of organizational safety tools and education/mentorship of staff working directly with clinical staff and unit directors to promptly identify patient at risk for clinical deterioration and make recommendation aimed at improving overall clinical outcomes. Use electronic medical records (EMR) data analytics for sepsis trending and proactively work with clinical team for early identification of sepsis or rapid response codes. Evaluation and response to Sepsis Alerts/trending. Proactively rounds on patients with a 6 hour sepsis protocol to help with core measures and standards of care. Rounds on patients. Facilitates a collaborative environment that maximizes interdepartmental cooperation for positive results. Collaboration with both nursing and provider teams. Rounds on the unit educating nursing on early identification of sepsis and when to call a rapid response.

Qualifications

• Education Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or Associates Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or Program Graduate, Nursing (Required) and High School Diploma or GED, Only Required if Nursing Diploma Graduate (Required)
• Experience 2 years of RN Critical Care (ICU or ER) work experience, OR 3 total years of RN experience with at least one year in critical care as an RN (ICU or ER) (Required)
• Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) Upon Hire(Required) and CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required) and ACLS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required) and PALS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Preferred) Certified Critical Care Nurse (CCCN) - American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN Certification Corporation) (Preferred)

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.