Clinical Registered Nurse II (LGH D37 General Med Surg, FT, 7a-7p)

About the role

Centra Health’s 33-bed General Medical Surgical Unit (D37) cares for adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions, including chronic illnesses experiencing acute exacerbation and newly diagnosed conditions requiring treatment and ongoing management. Nurses develop and maintain a broad clinical skillset while caring for a diverse patient population and using advanced procedures and technologies such as IV insertion, urinary catheterization, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD), blood product administration, chest tube management, central line care, enteral feeding tubes, telemetry monitoring, restraints, rectal tube management, and enemas.

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

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Conducts individualized and ongoing patient assessments, prioritizing data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition; integrates nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care.
• Planning: Develops, modifies, and integrates individualized care plans that incorporate the medical plan of care, standards of care and practice, and measurable patient goals in consultation with the patient, family, and healthcare team.
• Intervention: Performs treatments and therapeutic nursing interventions as ordered; recognizes urgent or emergent risks and initiates appropriate emergency measures; delivers care in a non-judgmental, culturally sensitive manner while collaborating with interdisciplinary team members.
• Evaluation: Evaluates patient responses to care and initiates changes to the interdisciplinary care plan based on findings; documents assessments, responses, and progress toward goals.
• Patient Education: Identifies learning needs of patients and families, adapts teaching accordingly, and ensures understanding within the patient’s abilities; communicates with patients and families to include them in the plan of care.
• Self and Peer Learning: Assesses and meets own learning and professional development needs; maintains current competency in nursing specialty; attends required educational programs and may participate in additional workshops and professional networks.
• Collaboration: Makes sound judgments in coordinating multiple, increasingly complex patient care demands; supervises delegated care based on staff abilities and patient acuity; reports changes in patient condition to appropriate personnel.
• Service Recovery: Participates in service recovery and uses appropriate resources during complex situations; handles conflict resolution appropriately and consistently.
• Resource Utilization and Stewardship: Supports organizational efforts regarding appropriate resource utilization; serves as a preceptor/mentor and assists in orientation, instruction, direction, and evaluation of students and new employees; may assist in training for a charge nurse role or function in that role.
• Improvement Activities: Participates in data collection for quality assurance activities; identifies and communicates recurring practice concerns; participates in initiatives addressing nurse-sensitive, quality, and unit-based metrics; demonstrates utilization of Centra’s safety behaviors.
• Research/Evidence Based Practice/Quality Improvement Projects: May participate in research, evidence-based practice projects, or quality improvement initiatives; communicates findings to peers and interprets quality improvement data relevant to the clinical specialty.
• Ethics: Maintains confidentiality; delivers care that protects patient autonomy, dignity, and rights; serves as a patient advocate; maintains professional role boundaries in patient-nurse relationships.

Requirements

• Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Registration as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or holds a compact license to practice in Virginia.
• AHA BLS Provider certification.
• One year of nursing (RN) experience.

Skills

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) for Cath Lab/Electrophysiology, Operating Room, Critical Care, Endoscopy, PACU, Interventional Radiology, Birth Center, Centra Specialty Hospital, Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Registered Nurse Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery roles.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) for Pediatrics roles.
• Advanced and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (ACLS & PALS) for Emergency Department roles.

Pay

$32.92 – $51.02 per hour.