Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical - Full Time - Night Shift
About the role
The registered professional nurse is responsible for utilizing job skills to effectively carry out the nursing process: including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. They are responsible for quality communication, teamwork, and leadership/professionalism. The RN II also directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching, quality/safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
A Registered Nurse II (RN II) is responsible for the care of the population they are assigned. A RN II must complete yearly mandatory competencies, unit-specific competencies, and Professional Practice Ladder requirements, which include:
- Assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse
- Participation in PI Activity and department initiatives
- Communication and sharing of information from unit or hospital committees, Valley Health-paid education/seminar/conference workshops, or nursing articles
- Maintaining a current portfolio submitted annually by March 1st
- Routinely soliciting and validating patient/family satisfaction
- Participating in peer review for the unit
- Developing bulletin boards or posters that provide educational information to staff, patients, and family members
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN, or ADN) is required; Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) is preferred
- Minimum of 1,872 full-time or part-time hours (936 if holding a BSN) of RN experience
- Completion of a performance evaluation
- RN license required; must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure in Virginia and/or West Virginia (multistate license under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) or a single-state license valid in the applicable state of work assignment)
- BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) – American Heart Association (AHA) ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) – AHA approved; new hires must obtain prior to completion of orientation
- Relevant specialty certification is preferred
- Meets all requirements of a RN I
- Competent to provide care based on cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development
- Competent to provide care using the nursing process
- Must have a reliable means of phone communication with the hospital
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. Our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:
- A zero-deductible health plan
- Dental and vision insurance
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition assistance
- Retirement savings match
- A robust Employee Assistance Program to support emotional wellbeing
- Membership to Healthy U: An incentive-based wellness program
- Health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare
- Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development opportunities
- Discounts to on-campus dining and other perks
To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com.
Pay
$34.00 - $48.87 per hour