RN - Critical Care & Telemetry Specialist

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

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Newport News, Virginia is seeking a Registered Nurse to coordinate and provide total nursing care for assigned patients. The role supports planning, implementing, and evaluating care plans with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality outcomes.

The RN will assess clinical and psychosocial needs, educate patients and families, and document care per standards, including emergency response and patient throughput.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
• RN licensed in Virginia (VDHP) for practice (Required).
• CPR/BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population served in the Critical Care/Telemetry units/departments (see unit specific competencies and equipment checklists).
• Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient. Assesses and incorporates evidence-based standards of practice. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the coordination care. Facilitates safe patient transitions to the next care setting as part of plan of care.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to assure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care. Focuses on quality outcomes of patient care when addressing customer’s needs to include current evidence based practice and quality measures.
• Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations and ability to modify education method to ensure patient/family comprehension. Educates by assuming responsibility to individualize and coordinate patient education, and discharge specific education that includes family/caregiver. Evaluates for patient comprehension and documents.
• Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient care needs are met. Able to recognize and respond to emergency situations. Evaluates own needs for support and uses identified systems to meet need.

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Nursing (Preferred)

Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) (Required)

Job description

Riverside Health System in Newport News, Virginia is seeking a Registered Nurse to coordinate and provide total nursing care for assigned patients. The role supports planning, implementing, and evaluating care plans with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality outcomes.

The RN will assess clinical and psychosocial needs, educate patients and families, and document care per standards, including emergency response and patient throughput.