Registered Nurse (RN) Rapid Response Team

Riverside Health System; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Newport News, VA seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to deliver high-quality patient care in critical settings. You will assess patients, implement interventions, document outcomes, and participate in rapid response activities to improve outcomes.

Required: VA RN license, 2 years ICU/ER experience (or 3 years total with 1 in critical care), CPR/BLS, ACLS, and a willingness to mentor staff. This role offers collaborative teamwork and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Virginia RN license upon hire.
• 2 years RN Critical Care (ICU/ER) or 3 total RN years with at least 1 in critical care.
• CPR/BLS and ACLS upon hire; PALS preferred; CCCN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise during rapid responses and codes; mentor staff.
• Assess patients, implement interventions, and document outcomes.
• Use EMR data analytics for sepsis trending and early identification.
• Collaborate with nursing and provider teams to improve care.

Skills

Critical Care RN

Sepsis monitoring

EMR analytics

Mentorship

Interdepartmental collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Nursing

Associate Degree, Nursing

Program Graduate, Nursing

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

EPIC EMR

Job description

Newport News, Virginia

Hiring Range

$38.60 - $53.08/HourlyActual 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)
• 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)