Newport News, 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.
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 the 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 ands psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population served in the Women and Infant 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.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
Program Graduate, Registered Nurse (Required)
Experience
Less than 1 year Licensed Registered Nurse (Preferred)
Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (Required)
CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)
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
Care.
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Employee Assistance Program
Adoption Assistance
Area retail discounts
Community involvement opportunities
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