Registered Nurse; RN - Med Surg

Location & Compensation

Williamsburg, Virginia. Sign on bonus eligible up to $7,000 for experienced nurses.

Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the Director and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a care plan for each patient based on physiological, psychosocial, and cultural diversity. Responsible for supervising and delegating non‑professional personnel working directly with them to ensure optimum patient care.

• Demonstrate ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population.
• Demonstrate nursing unit‑specific competencies and equipment training (see checklists).
• Partner with patients and their families to develop, implement, and evaluate a plan of care, treatments, and procedures that contribute to physiological and psychosocial outcomes.
• Incorporate evidence‑based standards of practice and collaborate with interdisciplinary team in care coordination.
• Facilitate safe patient transition to next level of care as part of the plan of care.
• Demonstrate sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to ensure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care.
• Focus on quality outcomes when addressing service needs to ensure evidence‑based quality care.
• Demonstrate understanding of diverse patient care populations.
• Modify education methods to ensure patient/family understanding.
• Coordinate and deliver individualized patient education and discharge‑specific education to family/caregivers; evaluate comprehension and document.
• Accurately complete all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and service excellence to meet patients’ care needs.
• Recognize and respond to emergency situations.
• Evaluate resources and support needed and use systems to ensure needs are met.

• Education:
  
  MSN, BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma required; specialty certification in field highly encouraged.
• Experience:
  
  Preferred in an acute care setting; not required.
• Licensure/Certification:
  Licensed RN or board‑eligible by the State of Virginia or compact state required; BLS Card required.