Clinical Registered Nurse II-LGH Surgical (B31)-FT/7p-7a
About the role
Bonus eligible up to $20k for experienced RNs and up to $10k for new graduates. Located in the heart of Central Virginia, Centra Health is a regional, nonprofit healthcare system.
Responsibilities
Clinical - Assessment: Conducts an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing data collection based on patient's immediate condition or needs within specified timeframe. Conducts ongoing assessments as needed and reprioritizes care.
Clinical - Planning: Develops, modifies, and integrates an individualized care plan incorporating the medical plan of care, key elements from other disciplines, and standards of care. Establishes individualized, measurable patient goals in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
Clinical - Intervention: Performs appropriate treatments and therapeutic nursing interventions as per the individualized plan of care. Recognizes potential problems and responds to urgent/emergent risks. Initiates emergency resuscitative measures as necessary. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to ensure appropriate care.
Clinical - Evaluation: Evaluates patient responses to care based on effectiveness of nursing interventions/actions. Initiates changes to the interdisciplinary care plan based on evaluation. Solves problems with the specialty team to improve patient outcomes. Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention, and progress towards problem resolution.
Clinical - Patient Education: Identifies learning needs of patients/families and teaches by adapting standard information based on their needs. Ensures patients/families demonstrate knowledge of treatment options. Communicates with patients and family to identify their needs and involve them in the plan of care. Acknowledges and supports determinations by the patient and/or family concerning treatment.
Self and Peer Learning: Assumes 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. Participates in professional societies.
Clinical Leadership: Assumes responsibility for managing a patient assignment. Supervises delegated care based on abilities of personnel and patient acuity. Reports changes in patient condition to appropriate personnel. Works directly with employees to fulfill planned orientation to the department. Assists in the orientation, instruction, direction, and evaluation of students assigned to the unit. Able to be trained for a charge nurse role or is currently functioning in a charge nurse role.
Improvement Activities: Participates in data collection for quality assurance activities if assigned by department leader. Identifies and communicates recurring practice concerns in specialty areas and their impact on care. Participates in initiatives resulting from nurse-sensitive, quality, and other specialty indicators and/or unit-based quality metrics. Demonstrates the utilization of Centra’s safety behaviors (i.e., Speak Up for Safety).
Research/Evidence-Based Practice/Quality Improvement Projects: May participate in Research or Evidence-Based Practice projects. Communicates research and quality improvement data/findings to peers. Interprets quality improvement data relevant to the clinical specialty and communicates this data to peers. Contributes to development or implementation of methods to improve quality care in areas identified as deficient by quality improvement data studies.
Qualifications
Education: Minimum Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing. Preferred Bachelor of Science – Nursing (BSN).
Experience: Minimum One Year of Nursing (RN) Experience.
Licenses & Certifications: 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 After Hire Date According to Department/Unit Standards.