Registered Nurse- Piedmont Geriatric Hospital

Location: Nottoway

* OFFERING $5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS TO ELIGIBLE NEW HIRES
* Title:

Registered Nurse
- Piedmont Geriatric Hospital

State Role

Title:

RN II/Nurse Prct I/Phy Asst

Hiring Range: $84,418 - Commensurate with Experience

Pay Band: 5

Agency:
Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location:

Piedmont Geriatric Hospital

Agency Website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Recruitment Type:
General Public - G

Job Duties

The Nursing Department provides 24-hour direct care services to geropsychiatric patients. The goal of care is to facilitate discharge to a less restrictive setting by assisting patients to improve and/or maintain their physical, mental and social functioning. This nursing care goal is achieved in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

Utilize nursing process with knowledge of pharmacology, psychiatric disorders and physical, psychological and social needs of the psychiatric patient. Skills in delegating nursing activities, skills in supervising, and counseling nursing employees. Demonstrates competency as defined on Competency Assessment

This is a unit-based position that supervises nursing staff on one of four treatment units. Responsibilities include participation in treatment team meetings, therapeutic program activities, and ensuring delivery of patient care according to the individual treatment plans. This position acts as the point of leadership for a team of health care professionals by guiding, coaching and evaluating staff.

Minimum Qualifications

* Experience working with Electronic Health Records.

* Virginia State Board of Registered Nursing License

* Valid Driver's License

Additional Considerations

* Considerable Psychiatric and/or geriatric experience is preferred.

* Med-surg nursing experience is preferred.

* Previous supervisory experience is preferred.

* Long Term Care and Nursing Home Experience is preferred.

* Prefer bachelor's degree in nursing.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Application Requirements :
Applications and résumés for this position are accepted electronically through the Commonwealth of Virginia's Electronic Recruitment System only. Interview decisions will be based solely on the information provided in your electronic application and/or résumé. Please ensure you detail all relevant work experience clearly and specifically; we will not make assumptions about your qualifications.

You will receive confirmation of receipt once your application and/or résumé has been successfully submitted. To check the status of your application, refer to "Your Application" in your account.

Background Investigation:
All applicants are subject to an extensive background investigation and a pre-employment drug screening. This investigation may include fingerprint checks (State Police, FBI), local agency checks, Department of Social Services/Child Protective Services checks, employment verification, and verification of education relevant to the position.

Under Virginia Code § 37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers, persons who have been convicted of specific ("barrier") crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending ("barrier") charges as listed under Virginia Code § 19.2-392.02.

Reasonable Accommodations:
Reasonable accommodations are available to individuals with disabilities during the application and/or interview process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require assistance or accommodation, please notify Human Resources at  during business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

Equal Opportunity:
Piedmont Geriatric Hospital (PGH) is committed to conducting all aspects of human resource management without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, political…