Staff RN - Charlottesville, VA, United States - UVA Health

Description

UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center.

News & World Report "Best Hospitals" guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as "High Performing" in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures.

UVA Children's is named by U.News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation.

Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.

Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.
At UVA Health, we're dedicated to fostering a culture of excellence and recognition for our healthcare professionals.

The Tiered Incentive Programs offer enhanced compensation for the commitment to work 72 hours per pay period, with a minimum of 48 hours on night shift, flexing remaining hours to meet unit needs and scheduled a maximum of every other weekend.

Consistently provides effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients.

Manages care and implements treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians and other members of the health care team.

ANA Scope and Standards of Practice definition of nursing:

Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations.

This job description integrates the ANA 2015 Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2015), and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model.

Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.

Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.

Expert Caring:
encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care.

Quality Achievement:

includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work.

Innovation:

is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.

00 Hourly
Graduate of an accredited nursing program required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.
Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently traveling, bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.

The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff.

We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.