RN Cancer Infusion Center

Riverside Health; United States; Sur place; USD 50 000 - 69 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Riverside Health in Newport News, Virginia is seeking a licensed Registered Nurse to manage the assessment and planning of nursing care for assigned patients. You will work under Nurse Manager and Director, coordinating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality, evidence-based care.

The role requires excellent communication, critical thinking, and the ability to educate patients and families during discharge, with shifts including weekends as needed and a focus on diverse patient

Qualifications

• RN licensure in Virginia or a compact state required
• CPR/BLS certification required
• Weekend and irregular shifts may be required

Responsabilités

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and plan care
• Coordinate and document individualized patient care plans
• Teach and discharge education to patients and families
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team for care coordination
• Support safe patient transitions and throughput
• Document per Riverside Health standards and regulatory requirements
• Delegate and prioritize tasks to maintain quality care
• Recognize emergencies and respond appropriately

Connaissances

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Patient education

Communication

Critical thinking

Decision making

Team collaboration

Formation

Nursing Diploma minimum

ADN or BSN preferred

Associate or Bachelor accepted in lieu of Diploma

High School Diploma (for Nursing Diploma graduates)

Description du poste

Newport News, Virginia Hiring Range $36.50 - $50.23/Hourly

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)
• Other Requirements Weekend Shifts Irregular Shifts

If loving your work is important to you, consider a career at Riverside. By joining our team, you can make a difference in people's lives. Our mission is 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.