Registered Nurse New

Job Description

The registered professional nurse is responsible for utilizing job skills to effective carry out the nursing process: including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation and time management. She/he is 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. A RN II is required to complete yearly mandatory competencies, any unit specific competencies that are identified by the Director/Designee as it relates to the patient population of their unit as well as completion of the Professional Practice Ladder requirements which include: Assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse, PI Activity and department initiatives, communicates and shares information to Director/Designee and co-workers from unit or hospital committee, a Valley Health paid Education/Seminar/Conference workshop or Nursing Article. Portfolio is current and submitted to Director/Designee annually by March 1st. Routinely solicits and validates patient/family satisfaction, participates in peer review for unit and develops bulletin board or poster that provides educational information to staff/patients/family member

s.

Educat

ion:
Associates Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN or ADN) req

uired
Bachelors Nursing (BSN) pre

ferred

Exp

erience:
Advancement to this level requires a minimum of 1872 full-time or part-time hours (936 if hold BSN) of RN experience and completion of a performance ev

aluation.

Certification &

Licensures:
RN Licens

e required *
BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approve

d required **
Relevant Specialty Certifica

tion preferred
Additional Certification/Licensu

re Requirements
* 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 Virgini

a with either a:Multi-state license, under the Nurse Licensure Compact OR Single-state license, valid

in Virginia only
** New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completio

n of orientatio

n.

Qualifications:

• Meets all r

equirements 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 us

ing the nursing process
• Must have a reliable means of phone com