DECEMBER 2026 NEW GRAD ONLY- (LGH D37 General Med Surg, FT, 7p-7a)

About the role

BEDS: 33-bed General Medical Surgical Unit
Patient Population: Adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions.
Typical Cases: Patients often have chronic illnesses experiencing acute exacerbation, as well as newly diagnosed conditions requiring treatment and ongoing management.

Responsibilities

• Conducts an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs within specified timeframe.
• Conducts ongoing assessments as needed, reprioritizing care based on patient’s condition and policies, procedures, or protocols.
• 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 incorporating 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.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for effectively managing the care of a specialty patient population. Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is culturally sensitive to the patient and family, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• 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.
• Problem solves with the specialty team to improve patient outcomes. Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention and progress towards problem resolution.
• 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.
• Supports organizational efforts regarding appropriate resource utilization (i.e. flexing during low census).
• May begin training for a charge nurse role or as a preceptor if has strong leadership aptitude.
• Improves 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).
• May participate in Research or Evidence Based Practice projects. At an entry level with ability to communicate research and quality improvement data/findings to peers.

Qualifications

• Education: Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience / Skills: New Graduate up to six months of RN experience.
• Certifications and Licensures: Registration as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or holds a compact license to practice in Virginia. AHA BLS Provider
• 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, Registered Nurse Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery

Skills

At an entry level with ability to communicate research and quality improvement data/findings to peers. At an entry level with ability to interpret quality improvement data relevant to the clinical specialty and communicate this data to peers. At an entry level with ability to contribute to the development or implementation of methods to improve quality care in areas identified as deficient by quality improvement data studies.

Benefits

Centra Health offers competitive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

$31.05 - $48.13/Hour

Schedule

Hours vary based on department needs.