Williamsburg, Virginia
For over 100 years, at Riverside Health System, we have made it our mission to care for others as we would care for those we love.
Sign on Bonus Eligible!
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.
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.
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Recognizes and responds to emergency situations.
Evaluates resources and support needed and uses systems to ensure needs are met.
Qualifications
EDUCATION: MSN, BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma required.
Specialty certification in field highly encouraged
EXPERIENCE: Experience preferred in an acute care setting but not required.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: Licensed RN or board eligible by the State of Virginia or compact state.
BLS Card required
ACLS is required within 6 months of hire date
As a Riverside Health System team member, our benefits have you covered:
Health & Wellness:
Medical Plan Options
Vision and Dental plans (including orthodontic care)
Wellness & fitness center discounts
Onsite pharmacy and delivery options
Riverside Health System services discount
Flexible spending and savings accounts
Healthy lifestyle incentives
Peace of Mind:
Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
Short Term Disability
Whole Life Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Accident Insurance
Legal Insurance
Pet Insurance
Financial Support:
CEUs (MedBridge Education)
403(b) Savings Plan (Immediate Matching)
Specialty Certification Financial Assistance
Company Wide Bonus Program
Employee Help Fund
Work-Life Balance:
Paid Time Off (full- and part-time team members)
Extended illness bank
Employee Assistance Program
Adoption Assistance
Area retail discounts
Community involvement opportunities