Clinical Registered Nurse II-EmPATH-LGH-PT/Days

• Conducts an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing the data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs within timeframe specified by policies, procedures or protocols
• Conducts ongoing assessments as determined by patient’s condition and/or the policies, procedures or protocols and reprioritizes care accordingly
• Integrates nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient outcomes
• Develops, modifies, and integrates an individualized care plan which incorporates the medical plan of care, key elements from the plans of other disciplines, and standards of care and practice
• Establishes individualized, measurable patient goals in consultation with the patient, family, and health care team
• Performs appropriate treatments as ordered by provider in an accurate and timely manner
• Performs therapeutic nursing interventions as established by individualized plan of care for the patient and his/her family
• Recognizes potential problems and responds to general information/data indicating urgent and/or emergent risk to the patient
• Initiates emergency resuscitative measures as appropriate
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for effectively managing the care of a specialty patient population
• Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is culturally sensitive to the patient and family, preserving their autonomy, dignity and rights
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to ensure patient care interventions are appropriate
• Evaluates patient’s responses to care based on effectiveness of nursing interventions/actions in relationship to established goals
• Initiates changes in the interdisciplinary care plan based on this evaluation. Problem solves with the specialty team to improve patient outcomes
• Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention and progress towards problem resolution
• Identifies learning needs of patients/families and teaches by adapting standard information based on needs
• Ensures that the patient/family demonstrates knowledge, within the abilities of the patient
• Communicates with patients and family to identify their needs and include them in the plan of care
• Acknowledges and supports determinations by the patient and/or family concerning treatment
• Assumes responsibility for assessing and meeting own learning and professional development needs
• Maintains current competency in nursing specialty and requirements for department
• attends required educational programs and may attend additional educational workshops
• reviews nursing professional publications
• establishes personal networks
• may participate in professional societies
• Seeks additional educational opportunities for clinical development and is either ready to learn the charge nurse role or currently functioning in a charge nurse role
• Makes sound judgments in the decisions involved in coordinating multiple, increasingly complex patient care demands
• Supervises delegated care based on abilities of personnel and patient acuity
• Reports changes in patient condition to appropriate personnel
• Participates in service recovery and uses appropriate resources during complex situations
• Handles conflict resolution in an appropriate, timely and consistent manner
• Supports organizational efforts regarding appropriate resource utilization (i.e. flexing during low census)
• Serves as a preceptor/mentor and works directly with employees to fulfill planned orientation to the department. Assists in the orientation, instruction, direction, and evaluation of students assigned to the unit
• Able to be trained for a charge nurse role or is currently functioning in a charge nurse role
• Participates in data collection for quality assurance activities if assigned by department leader
• Identifies and communicates recurring practice concerns in specialty areas and their impact on care
• Participates in initiatives resulting from nurse-sensitive, quality, and other specialty indicators and/or unit-based quality metrics
• Demonstrates the utilization of Centra’s safety behaviors (i.e. Speak Up for Safety)
• May participate in Research or Evidence Based Practice projects
• Able to communicate research and quality improvement data/findings to peers
• Able to interpret quality improvement data relevant to the clinical specialty and communicate this data to peers
• Contributes to development or implementation of methods to improve quality care in areas identified as deficient by quality improvement data studies
• Maintains confidentiality in matters as outlined in Centra policies
• Delivers care in a manner that protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights
• Serves as a patient advocate
• Maintains patient-nurse relationships with professional role boundaries

• Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing
• At least One Year of Nursing (RN) Experience
• Registration as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or holds a compact license to practice in Virginia
• Basic Life Support
• Additional Specialty Requirements After Hire Date According to Department Standards – Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Bachelor of Science – Nursing (BSN)