Registered Nurse - Psych - Full Time - Shift Varies

Department: Psychiatric (206060) · Worker Type: Regular

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Perform 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 and quality/safety initiatives
• Supervise activities of other health team personnel
• Assume responsibility as Charge Nurse
• Participate in performance improvement (PI) activities and department initiatives
• Communicate and share information from unit or hospital committees to Director/Designee and co-workers
• Complete Valley Health paid Education/Seminar/Conference workshop or Nursing Article review
• Maintain current portfolio and submit to Director/Designee annually by March 1st
• Routinely solicit and validate patient/family satisfaction
• Participate in peer review for the unit
• Develop bulletin board or poster providing educational information to staff/patients/family members
• Complete yearly mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by Director/Designee
• Complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements

Requirements

Education

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

Experience

• Minimum 1,872 full-time or part-time hours of RN experience (936 hours if holding BSN)
• Completion of a performance evaluation

Certification & Licensures

• RN license required. Based on primary state of residency and in accordance with current Virginia and West Virginia Boards of Nursing regulations, candidate must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the applicable state of work assignment (Virginia and/or West Virginia) with either:
  • A multistate license under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC); or
  • A single-state license valid in the applicable state of work assignment (Virginia or West Virginia only)
• BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) – American Heart Association ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) – AHA approved 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

• Meets all requirements of a RN I
• Competent to provide care based on the 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 hospital

Pay

Hourly range: $34.00 – $48.87

Benefits

Valley Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees:

• 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
• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Account for childcare
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development
• Discounts to on-campus dining and other perks as the region's largest employer

Full details at valleyhealthbenefits.com.