UHC-Registered Nurse Day Shift-7 South

WVU Medicine; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine seeks an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver professional nursing care in an inpatient hospital setting. The role emphasizes independent judgment, competency, and life-span patient care, within RN Level I & II expectations.

The incumbent must show leadership, mentorship, and the ability to collaborate with an interprofessional team to support high-quality outcomes and lifelong learning.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or current multi-state RN license through eNLC.
• Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize patient diagnoses, problems, and goals with the care team.
• Serve as a resource for patient and family learning needs.
• Coordinate with the interprofessional team to manage changing priorities.
• Provide safe, high-quality nursing care as an independent team member.
• Mentor colleagues in clinical knowledge, skills, and judgment.
• Contribute to development and improvement of care planning systems.
• Lead interprofessional teams to collaborate and consult effectively.
• Design innovations to improve patient outcomes.
• Assist other nurses in developing research skills.
• Participate in collaborative planning for safe, patient-centered care.
• Contribute to policy development and adherence to health and safety standards.
• Advocate for patient rights and informed decision making.
• Demonstrate leadership within the community and healthcare arena.
• Engage in culturally sensitive data collection and holistic care.
• Incorporate global and environmental factors into assessment.
• Identify resources to address cultural situations and avoid personal bias.
• Disseminate findings and continue education with colleagues.
• Pursue higher education/training to advance nursing practice.
• Identify resources for ethical dilemmas and uphold ethical nursing practice.
• Required competencies include regularly serving as a charge nurse and/or precepting new staff or nursing students.

Skills

Charge nurse

Precepting

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Education

RN license (state or eNLC)

BSN preferred

Job description

This position has the authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for the delivery of nursing care through the use of the nursing process. The incumbent accepts accountability, applies competent clinical knowledge skills, and uses independent nursing judgment for care provided by self and by health care providers to whom care is delegated to achieve quality patient care outcomes. Performs the duties and responsibilities within the scope of a Registered Nurse (RN) - Level I & II, as defined within the job description.

The incumbent must demonstrate the knowledge and skills at the competent level necessary to provide care that is relevant to the patient(s) under their care, as well as apply principles of growth and development over the life span. The incumbent also must possess the ability to assess and interpret patient data needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs. This role provides professional nursing care for patients in an inpatient hospital setting.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or current multi-state Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).

2. Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Two (2) years of registered nursing experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelors degree in Nursing (BSN) or higher.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Prioritizes patient’s diagnosis, problems, and issues, and mutual goals to meet the needs of the patient and healthcare team.

2. Serves as resource for patient & family learning needs.

3. Coordinates with the interprofessional team to manage changing priorities.

4. Functions as independent team member to provide safe, quality care for consumer/patient.

5. Mentors colleagues in the acquisition of clinical knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgement.

6. Participates in the development and continuous improvement of systems that support the patient care planning process.

7. Leads interprofessional teams to collaborate and consult effectively.

8. Designs innovations to improve outcomes.

9. Assists other nurses to develop research skills.

10. Participates in collaborative planning to provide safe, high-quality, patient-centered health care.

11. Participates in the development, implementation, and review of and adherence to policies that promote patient health and safety.

12. Advocates for healthcare consumers rights to inform decision making and self‑determination.

13. Demonstrates leadership skills within the community/healthcare arena.

14. Engages the healthcare consumer and other interprofessional team members in holistic, culturally sensitive data collection.

15. Integrates knowledge from global and environmental factors into the assessment process.

16. Identifies resources/actions to appropriately address cultural situations.

17. Recognizes personal bias.

18. Disseminates educational findings, experiences with colleagues.

19. Achieves higher level of education/training, demonstrating commitment to lifelong learning.

20. Identifies appropriate resources for ethical dilemmas and advances ethical nursing practice.

21. Required competencies to include demonstration of regularly being a charge nurse and/or precepting new staff or nursing students

For facilities with specialty accreditation requirements:

1. Completion of annual required education related to