Registered Nurse - Surgical Services - Full Time

Valley Health; Winchester Center (CT); On-site; USD 61,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Health is looking for a Registered Nurse in Surgical Services to provide skilled and compassionate care in a collaborative environment. The role demands effective communication, leadership, and adherence to nursing standards. Benefits include a competitive salary, health insurance, generous paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Zero-Deductible Health Plan

Dental and Vision Insurance

Generous Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Retirement Savings Match

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Must have a reliable means of phone communication.
• Competent in providing care utilizing the nursing process.
• Eligibility to Test Letter from the Virginia Board of Nursing if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, and evaluation.
• Directs and coordinates patient teaching and quality/safety initiatives.
• Completes mandatory competencies and submits a current portfolio.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Education

Associates Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN or ADN)

Bachelors Nursing (BSN)

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Job Description

The registered professional nurse is responsible for utilizing job skills to effective carry out the nursing process: including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation and time management. She/he is responsible for quality communication, teamwork and leadership/professionalism. Also directs, coordinates and implements patient teaching, quality/safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing.

Department

SURGICAL SERVICES - 206210

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Work Shift

Pay Grade

1A6

Job Description

The registered professional nurse is responsible for utilizing job skills to effective carry out the nursing process: including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation and time management. She/he is responsible for quality communication, teamwork and leadership/professionalism. Also directs, coordinates and implements patient teaching, quality/safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing.

A Registered Nurse I (RN I) is responsible for the care of the population they are assigned. A RN I is required to complete yearly mandatory competencies, any unit specific competencies that are identified by the Director/Designee as it relates to the patient population of their unit as well as completion of the Professional Practice Ladder requirements which include: Assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse, PI Activity and department initiatives, communicates and shares information to Director/Designee and co-workers from unit or hospital committee, a Valley Health paid Education/Seminar/Conference, workshop or Nursing Article. Portfolio is current and submitted to Director/Designee annually by March 1st. Routinely solicits and validates patient/family satisfaction, participates in peer review for unit and develops bulletin board or poster that provides educational information to staff/patients/family members.

Education

Associates Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN or ADN) required

Bachelors Nursing (BSN) preferred

Certification & Licensures

RN License required *

BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approved required **

Relevant Specialty Certification preferred

Additional Certification/Licensure Requirements

• Based on primary state of residency and in accordance with current Virginia Board of Nursing Regulations, must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia with either a:
  
  

Multi-state license, under the Nurse Licensure Compact OR Single-state license, valid in Virginia only

• New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.
  
  

Qualifications

• Competent in providing care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological stages of human growth and development
• Competent to provide care to patients utilizing the nursing process
• Must have a reliable means of phone communication with hospital
• If an RNA beginning employment as an RN I, or promoting to an RN I from any VH position, must secure:
• Eligibility to Test Letter (or interim phone primary source verification and documentation of same by VH Nurse Recruitment, while awaiting letter to come in the mail) from the Virginia Board of Nursing if a Virginia resident or Non-Compact state resident. (If resides in a Compact state other than Virginia, cannot commence employment as an RNA; must first secure home state’s Compact license with multi-state privileges and may then commence RN employment as an RN I.)
  
  

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

• A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
  
  

Valley Health also offers a health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development. In addition, several perks come with working for the largest employer in the region, such as discounts to on-campus dining, and more.

To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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