13-Week Temp Registered Nurse - Med Surg - Nights

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 may work in a variety of settings in the Critical Care/Telemetry Complex and roles within Riverside Health System. 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.

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 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.
• Affirms 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.
• 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 (Required): ADN, BSN, or MSN.
• Experience (Required): 2 years of clinical Registered Nurse experience.
• Licenses and Certifications (Required): Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP); CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC).