Registered Nurse - Medical Innovation Unit - Full Time - Shift Varies

About the role

As one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems, recognized by Premier and Modern Healthcare, Valley Health is a place where excellence, compassion, and purpose come together. This distinction reflects our commitment to exceptional patient care, clinical quality, and the caregivers who make it all possible.

Job Description

• Utilize job skills to effectively carry out the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management.
• Ensure quality communication, teamwork, and leadership/professionalism.
• Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality/safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
• Provide care for the assigned patient population.
• Complete yearly mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by the Director/Designee.
• Fulfill Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including: assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse, participating in PI activities and department initiatives, communicating information from unit or hospital committees, attending a Valley Health paid education/seminar/conference/workshop or completing a nursing article, and maintaining a current portfolio submitted annually by March 1st.
• Routinely solicit and validate patient/family satisfaction.
• Participate in peer review for the unit.
• Develop a bulletin board or poster providing educational information to staff, patients, and family members.

Education

• Associates Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN) required.
• Bachelors Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Certifications & Licensures

• RN License required. Based on primary state of residency and in accordance with current Virginia Board of Nursing Regulations, must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia with either a multi-state license under the Nurse Licensure Compact or a single-state license valid in Virginia only.
• BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) – American Heart Association ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) required. New hires must have AHA appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.
• Relevant Specialty Certification preferred.
• For Labor and Delivery RNs only: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or EKG (Electrocardiogram) required within 6 months of hire.
• For Labor and Delivery RNs only: Pharmacology Class required within 6 months of hire.

Qualifications

• Competent in providing care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
• Competent to provide care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Must have a reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
• If an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to an RN I from any VH position, must secure an Eligibility to Test Letter (or interim phone primary source verification and documentation by VH Nurse Recruitment while awaiting the letter) from the Virginia Board of Nursing if a Virginia resident or non-compact state resident. If residing in a Compact state other than Virginia, cannot commence employment as an RNA; must first secure home state’s Compact license with multi-state privileges and may then commence RN employment as an RN I.

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

• Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• Robust Employee Assistance Program for emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program

Valley Health also offers a health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development. Additional perks include discounts to on-campus dining and more. Full details at valleyhealthbenefits.com.

Pay

Pay range: $34.00 – $48.87 per hour.

Department: WMC MIU 4A-4B (Req 206043) · Worker Sub Type: Regular