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About the Role

This position provides professional nursing care for patients in an inpatient hospital setting. The incumbent accepts accountability, applies competent clinical knowledge and skills, and uses independent nursing judgment for care provided by self and delegated healthcare providers to achieve quality patient care outcomes. This role functions within the scope of a Registered Nurse (RN) - Level I & II.

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes patient’s diagnosis, problems, and issues, and mutual goals to meet the needs of the patient and healthcare team.
• Serves as resource for patient & family learning needs.
• Coordinates with the interprofessional team to manage changing priorities.
• Functions as independent team member to provide safe, quality care for consumer/patient.
• Mentors colleagues in the acquisition of clinical knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgement.
• Participates in the development and continuous improvement of systems that support the patient care planning process.
• Leads interprofessional teams to collaborate and consult effectively.
• Designs innovations to improve outcomes.
• Assists other nurses to develop research skills.
• Participates in collaborative planning to provide safe, high-quality, patient-centered health care.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and review of and adherence to policies that promote patient health and safety.
• Advocates for healthcare consumers rights to inform decision making and self-determination.
• Demonstrates leadership skills within the community/healthcare arena.
• Engages the healthcare consumer and other interprofessional team members in holistic, culturally sensitive data collection.
• Integrates knowledge from global and environmental factors into the assessment process.
• Identifies resources/actions to appropriately address cultural situations.
• Recognizes personal bias.
• Disseminates educational findings, experiences with colleagues.
• Achieves higher level of education/training, demonstrating commitment to lifelong learning.
• Identifies appropriate resources for ethical dilemmas and advances ethical nursing practice.
• Demonstrates regularly being a charge nurse and/or precepting new staff or nursing students.
• Completes annual required education related to specialty accreditation as defined by accreditation standards.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or current multi-state Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.
• Two (2) years of registered nursing experience.
• Bachelors degree in Nursing (BSN) or higher.
• Manual patient handling limited to 35 pounds, utilizing lift equipment and/or other patient handling aids.
• Heavy/Hard work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying of materials and equipment weighing 40+lbs.
• Visual acuity must be within normal range.
• Hearing within normal range is required (i.e. to assess breath sounds, bowel sounds, apical pulse, monitors, etc.).
• Possesses the interpersonal skills to positively and effectively communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflict.
• Has the motivation and drive for continuous development of self.
• Cooperatively interacts with the health care team to support and contribute to the shared group goals.
• Uses competent clinical practice and critical thinking skills to efficiently deliver patient care with all health care providers while maximizing efficient use of resources.
• Ability to be flexible in response to changes in work volume, staff and scheduling changes.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and capable of adapting to varying workloads and work assignments on a constant basis.

Skills

• Nursing process
• Clinical knowledge
• Independent nursing judgment
• Patient assessment
• Interpersonal communication
• Conflict resolution
• Critical thinking
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Adaptability
• Stress management

Location

• South Charleston, West Virginia

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Level 2
• Level 3
• Level 4
• Level 5
• Level 6

Education Level

• Registered Nurse license
• Basic Life Support certification
• Bachelors degree in Nursing (BSN) or higher
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or higher

About the Company

• THOM Thomas Hospitals is part of the West Virginia University Health System.

Equal Opportunity

• West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.