Charge Nurse (Full-Time)

Emergency Room Nurse

Job Description:

• Provide direct clinical supervision to maintain appropriate clinical standards.
• Facilitate the functioning of nursing units or assigned area for a defined shift.

Education:

• Bachelors in Nursing preferred

Experience:

• 2 years in Healthcare/Medical - Nursing General
• Required RN experience:
  • Currently an RN III within VH, or meets criteria to be hired as an RN III (all 5 of the last 5 calendar years in a comparable acute care specialty setting)
  • Currently in a Non-Ladder RN position within VH with a minimum of 5 years of recent relevant experience
  • Currently an RN II within VH with a minimum overall rating of exceeds standards on the most recent VH performance appraisal

Certification & Licensures:

• RN Nursing License required
• BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart Healthcare Provider (HCP) - AHA approved required
• National certification by specialty organization preferred
• Based on primary state of residency, must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia with either a Multi-state license or Single-state license, valid in Virginia only.
• New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrates ability to set priorities and make appropriate decisions.
• Competent to provide care using the nursing process.
• Demonstrates mentoring, teaching, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge in the cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.

Physical Demands:

• Light to heavy physical demand (20 to 100 lbs)
• Frequent hand washing required.
• Occasional sitting.
• Frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, crouching, kneeling, lifting, pulling, pushing, carrying, holding, stretching, reaching, climbing.
• Frequent repetitive arm, hand, and finger movements.
• Frequent use of surgical and medical equipment and materials.
• Visual ability to see details at a distance and at a close range, to match or detect differences between colors, shades of color, brightness, and to judge the distance between an object and the observer.
• Able to speak clearly and identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Able to focus on a single source of auditory information amidst other distracting sounds.

Benefits:

• Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• Robust Employee Assistance Program for emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• Health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Discounts to on-campus dining and more.