Clinical Registered Nurse II-VBH CSH-PT/7p-7a

Responsibilities

• Clinical - Assessment: Conducts an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing data collection based on the patient's immediate condition or needs within specified timeframes. Conducts ongoing assessments as needed and reprioritizes care accordingly.
• Clinical - Planning: Develops, modifies, and integrates an individualized care plan that incorporates 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 healthcare team.
• Clinical - Intervention: Performs appropriate treatments and therapeutic nursing interventions as per the individualized plan of care. Recognizes potential problems and responds to urgent and emergent risks. Initiates emergency resuscitative measures as necessary. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to ensure patient care interventions are appropriate.
• Clinical - Evaluation: Evaluates patient responses to care based on effectiveness of nursing interventions and adjusts the interdisciplinary care plan accordingly. Identifies and resolves recurring practice concerns impacting care.
• Clinical - Patient Education: Identifies learning needs of patients and families, teaching by adapting standard information based on these needs. Ensures patients/families demonstrate knowledge of their care within their capabilities. Communicates with patients and families to include them in the plan of care and respects their determinations about treatment.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing. Preferred Bachelor of Science – Nursing (BSN).
• Experience: At least one year of nursing (RN) experience.
• Licenses & Certifications: 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: Depending on the specialty area, may require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), or other certifications.