Registered Nurse-MED​/TELE

Registered Nurse-MED/TELE

Employer: UVA Community Health (UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper)

Location: Culpeper, VA

Classification: Nonexempt, Part-Time Nights (7p-7a with weekends rotate)

Sign-On Bonus: $5,000

Salary: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00

The Registered Nurse serves as a leader of the healthcare team by establishing a personalized relationship with the patient and their support system, collaborating with physicians and other team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate an individualized plan of care that promotes optimal health. The RN utilizes best scientific evidence and compassion to assist the patient in navigating their health journey and accepts responsibility for management and provision of care in accordance with current policies and procedures.

• Collaborates with healthcare team to educate patient and their support system, analyzes, modifies, and implements strategies to progress the patient through their plan of care, ensures completion of nursing interventions, medical orders, and other related therapies, prioritizes job duties according to patients’ needs and changing acuity levels.
• Communicates individualized plan of care to the patient and their chosen support system, uses SBARQ to communicate more effectively, documents appropriate information in a timely manner.
• Develops team members through mentoring, precepting, orientation, and providing feedback, resolves conflicts independently, accepts responsibility for actions and responds positively upon feedback from others.
• Operates various equipment including portable cardiac monitors and bedside commodes, provides routine nursing care such as starting IVs, performing dressing changes, assists in critical situations including administering CPR, administers and evaluates medication therapies, performs patient transfers and transports patients via wheelchair, hospital bed, or stretcher to other departments.

• Education: Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required; 4-Year/Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Experience: 1 year of relevant experience preferred.
• Licensure: Current RN licensure in applicable state; CPI certification within three months of hire required for Behavioral Health, Emergency Department, and CSSO; refresher course required for inactive, retired or lapsed licenses.
• Additional Skills/Requirements: Ability to perform basic nursing skills on groups of patients, charge responsibility, multitask, prioritize quickly, administer medication utilizing the five rights, communicate verbally and in written form, basic computer knowledge, safely care for all patient populations.

Medium to heavy physical demand: constant standing, frequent walking, bending/stooping, lifting/pushing/pulling up to 100 lbs. Use safe handling equipment for weights over 35 lbs. Requires proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills; attention to detail; legible writing.

• May require safety equipment such as HEPA mask for infection prevention.
• On-call responsibilities as directed.
• Ability to travel between campus buildings, remote facilities, and out of town as needed.