Clinical Registered Nurse II (LGH B31 Surgical, FT, 7a-7p)

About the Unit

Bed capacity: 36 private rooms, Surgical Unit.

Typical cases include general surgery patients (bowel obstructions, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, wound management, stable trauma, vascular surgery such as amputation and angioplasty), neurosurgery (back/neck surgeries), bariatric weight‑loss surgery, and medical‑surgical care (antibiotics, etc.).

Unit specifics and accreditations: Medical Surgical Trauma Unit, MBSAQIP (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program) – Weight Loss Surgery.

Located in the heart of Central Virginia, Centra Health is a regional, nonprofit healthcare system comprising hospitals, medical centers, and a network of specialty and primary‑care practices throughout the Blue Ridge region. Centra has earned its fifth Magnet® designation, reflecting a commitment to nursing excellence, professional development, and exceptional patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Conduct individualized patient assessments, prioritize data collection based on immediate condition or needs, and perform ongoing assessments as required. Integrate nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care.
• Planning: Develop, modify, and integrate individualized care plans that incorporate the medical plan, key elements from other disciplines, and standards of care. Establish measurable patient goals in consultation with the patient, family, and health‑care team.
• Intervention: Perform ordered treatments accurately and timely, deliver therapeutic nursing interventions per the individualized plan, recognize potential problems, initiate emergency resuscitative measures when appropriate, and provide culturally sensitive, non‑discriminatory care.
• Evaluation: Evaluate patient responses to care, adjust the interdisciplinary care plan based on outcomes, document assessments, interventions, and progress, and collaborate with the specialty team to improve outcomes.
• Patient Education: Identify learning needs of patients/families, adapt education to those needs, ensure demonstration of knowledge, and involve patients/families in the care plan.
• Self and Peer Learning: Assess and meet personal learning and professional development needs, maintain competency in the nursing specialty, attend required and optional educational programs, review professional publications, and participate in professional societies.
• Collaboration: Make sound judgments coordinating complex patient care demands, supervise delegated care based on staff abilities and patient acuity, and report changes in patient condition to appropriate personnel.
• Service Recovery: Participate in service recovery, utilize appropriate resources during complex situations, and handle conflict resolution promptly and consistently.
• Resource Utilization and Stewardship: Support appropriate resource utilization (e.g., flexing during low census), serve as a preceptor/mentor, assist with orientation and evaluation of students, and be prepared for or function in a charge‑nurse role.
• Improvement Activities: Collect data for quality‑assurance activities, identify recurring practice concerns, participate in nurse‑sensitive quality initiatives, and demonstrate Centra’s safety behaviors (e.g., Speak Up for Safety).
• Research/Evidence‑Based Practice/Quality Improvement Projects: Participate in research or evidence‑based practice projects, communicate findings to peers, interpret quality‑improvement data, and contribute to methods that improve quality of care.
• Ethics: Maintain confidentiality per Centra policies, protect patient autonomy, dignity, and rights, serve as a patient advocate, and uphold professional role boundaries.
• Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Licensure & Certification: Registered Nurse license in the Commonwealth of Virginia (or a compact license permitting practice in Virginia) and AHA BLS Provider certification.
• Additional Specialty Requirements (examples):
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Cath Lab/Electrophysiology
  • Operating Room
  • Critical Care (All)
  • Endoscopy
  • PACU
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Birth Center
  • Centra Specialty Hospital Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery – Registered Nurse Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Advanced and Pediatric Advanced Life Support – Emergency Department
• Experience / Skills: Minimum of one year of RN experience.

Pay

Salary range: $32.92 – $51.02 per hour.