Registered Nurse - Home Health - Per Diem

Job Description

The registered professional nurse is responsible for utilizing job skills to effectively carry out the nursing process: 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 Per Diem (RN PD) is responsible for the care of the population they are assigned. A RN PD 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, communicating and sharing information to Director/Designee and co-workers from unit or hospital committee, participating in 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 members.

Associate’s Nursing (RN Diploma, ASN or ADN) is required. Bachelor’s Nursing (BSN) is preferred.

Two years of RN experience is required.

RN License is required. Must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia with either a multi‑state license, under the Nurse Licensure Compact, or a single‑state license valid in Virginia only. BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) – American Heart ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) – AHA approved is required. New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.

Relevant specialty certification is preferred.

• Competent in providing care based on the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological stages of human growth and development.
• Competent to provide care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Must have a reliable means of phone communication with hospital.
• For RN I applicants: must secure an Eligibility to Test Letter (or interim phone verification) from the Virginia Board of Nursing if a Virginia resident or non‑compact state resident.

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. In addition to a competitive salary, 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 help with many aspects of emotional well‑being
• Membership to Healthy U: an incentive‑based wellness program
• Health savings account and flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, and professional development
• Discounts to on‑campus dining and other perks

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