Description:
Schedule: Sunday – Saturday, Every other weekend
Job Location Type: In Person
Your experience matters
At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.
More about our team
Position is posted for Acute Care, which contains MedSurg and Telemetry patients.
A candidate for this position is expected to be proficient in caring for patients in an Acute Care hospital setting. Staffing Ratios are at a 1:6. Meditech experience is preferred.
The selected candidate is expected to work a minimum of 36 hours a week, to include every other weekend.
How you̢۪ll contribute
A Registered Nurse who excels in this role:
·Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
·Documents patient care given.
·Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
·Detects change in patient status, reports to appropriate health care team member and utilizes resources as dictated by the acuity. Assigns priorities to the patient’s problems with highest priority given to problems that are most urgent and critical.
·Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
·Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
·Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
·Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
·Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
Qualifications:
What we̢۪re looking for
The right person who will providedirect patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.
Applicants must be a graduate of a professional school of nursing.Additional requirements include:
·Current licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Virginia State Board of Nursing or a Compact State.
·AHA BLS certification required.
·Previous experience in acute care hospital setting preferred.
EEOC Statement
Sovah Health - Martinsville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sovah Health - Danville is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
