BMH OR/Endoscopy Clinical Registered Nurse II - Specialty B (PRN)

Job Summary

The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) II is responsible for managing individualized patient care by promoting and restoring patients' health in accordance with medical and nursing plans of care and established policies and procedures. The Clinical RN II collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members in the development, execution, and evaluation of the multidisciplinary plan of care. The RN assumes a full patient assignment and can plan, analyze, intervene and set goals for patient care accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Assesses an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing the data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs within timeframe specified by policies, procedures, or protocols. Conducts ongoing assessments as determined by patient’s condition and/or the policies, procedures or protocols and reprioritizes care accordingly.
• Integrates nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient outcomes.
• Develops, modifies, and integrates an individualized care plan which incorporates the medical plan of care, key elements from the plans of other disciplines, and standards of care and practice. Establishes individualized, measurable patient goals in consultation with the patient, family, and health care team.
• Performs appropriate treatments as ordered by provider in an accurate and timely manner. Performs therapeutic nursing interventions as established by individualized plan of care for the patient and his/her family. Recognizes potential problems and responds to general information/data indicating urgent and/or emergent risk to the patient. Initiates emergency resuscitative measures as appropriate.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to ensure patient care interventions are appropriate.
• Evaluates patient’s responses to care based on effectiveness of nursing interventions/actions in relationship to established goals. Initiates changes in the interdisciplinary care plan based on this evaluation.
• Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is culturally sensitive to the patient and family, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Identifies learning needs of patients/families and teaches by adapting standard information based on needs. Ensures that the patient/family demonstrates knowledge, within the abilities of the patient.
• Communicates with patients and family to identify their needs and include them in the plan of care. Acknowledges and supports determinations by the patient and/or family concerning treatment.
• Affirms responsibility for assessing and meeting own learning and professional development needs. Maintains current competency in nursing specialty and requirements for department; attends required educational programs and may attend additional educational workshops; reviews nursing professional publications; establishes personal networks; may participate in professional societies.
• Makes sound judgments in the decisions involved in coordinating multiple, increasingly complex patient care demands. Supervises delegated care based on abilities of personnel and patient acuity. Reports changes in patient condition to appropriate personnel.
• Participates in service recovery and uses appropriate resources during complex situations. Handles conflict resolution in an appropriate, timely and consistent manner.
• Serves as a patient advocate. Maintains patient-nurse relationships with professional role boundaries.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing Education. Preferred: Bachelor of Science – Nursing (BSN).
• Minimum One Year of Nursing (RN) Experience.
• Minimum Registration as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or holds a compact license to practice in Virginia.
• Basic Life Support Additional Specialty Requirements – Advanced Cardiac Life Support Cath Lab/Electrophysiology Operating Room Critical Care (All) Endoscopy PACU Interventional Radiology Birth Center Centra Specialty Hospital Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Plastic Surgery.

Pay

$34.89-54.08/hr.