Registered Nurse Transfer Center Labor Pool-Flexible Hours

About the role

This role is located on site at the Transfer Center-1300 Old Denbigh Blvd | Newport News, VA 23602. It involves working collaboratively with RHS Healthcare teams to assist with the transition of critical and non-critical patients to Riverside Health System's Acute and Emergency facilities and services.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to use clinical knowledge around clinical service lines, disease entities, and epidemiological issues that could affect transport, care, and placement while demonstrating a sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to assure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care.
• Adheres to critical and non-critical protocols, algorithms, policies, and procedures.
• Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Performs critical and non-critical symptom-based triage through the Riverside Nurse line providing patient disposition from 911 to home care.
• Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations and ability to modify education method to ensure patient/family comprehension.
• Collaborates with transfer team members, medical service transport coordinator, physician, bed management, and Transfer Center medical director, throughout the course of transfer or direct admission to ensure positive patient outcomes.
• Promotes a network of other Riverside hospitals sending and receiving facilities to facilitate transfers efficiently and timely.
• Communicates detailed information about patient status and demographic information when arranging critical and non-critical transport.

Qualifications

• Program Graduate, Registered Nurse (Required)
• Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
• 3-4 years RN Experience in Acute Care setting (Required)
• 1 year Critical Care or emergency nursing (Preferred)

Skills and Abilities

• Transfer Center experience preferred
• Nurse Triage experience preferred
• Computer experience required
• Efficient at typing/keyboarding required

Benefits

Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) (Required)

CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Preferred)

Weekend Shifts

Irregular Shifts

To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers.