What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse, RN - Dedicated Education Unit - Day Shift - $6,000 Sign on Bonus! position at Augusta Health Brand?
Dedication Education Unit is a 22-bed unit focused on teaching our new graduated nurses’ foundational skills during the first stages of their orientation. Nurses working on this unit are highly engaged preceptors who strive to leave their legacy within the next generation of nurses. Nurses on this unit care for adult patients who are acutely ill with a wide variety of medical problems. The patient population on the Dedicated Education Unit includes renal, pulmonary, infectious disease, GI issues, hospice, and more. As a nurse on our unit, you will be a part of a multidisciplinary team to coordinate direct patient care, education, and serve as the leader of the patient care team while teaching our next generation of nurses. By working on Dedicated Education Unit, you will have immediate opportunities impact the future of nursing, be a part of shared governance, and lead changes within organizational nursing practice.
Come join the Augusta Health team located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Fishersville, VA. Augusta Health is an independent, community hospital recognized as one of Healthgrades’ 50 Best Hospitals in America. Our mission is to promote the health and well-being of our community through access to excellent care. We build trust and peace of mind through our core values of patient-and community-centeredness, professionalism, excellence, and teamwork.
A registered professional nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care for assigned patients on a specific shift worked. Coordinator of the nursing plan of care as well as carrying out physician orders and nursing standards of care using the nursing process. Also directs and guides other members of the patient care team.
$6,000 Sign-on bonus available to qualified candidates!
Requirements
- Nursing Diploma and/or Associate Degree in Nursing
- BSN, MSN preferred
- Educational requirements per hospital certifications (Example: Stroke, Orthopedic/Spine)
- Current and valid Registered nurse license in the Commonwealth of Virginia or from a state that is part of a Compact agreement with Virginia
- CPR
- PCU- ACLS within one year of hire
Skills:
- Unit and annual competencies to be completed each year
- HIPPA - no breaches of confidentiality. No related complaints voiced on patient satisfaction surveys. no related complaints voiced by fellow care providers of observed incidences
- Knowledgeable of location and content of departmental policies and procedures
- Nurse Practice Act-Scope of Practice
- Basic computer skills
- National Patient Safety Goals
Clinical competence in all aspects of the unit.
Some benefits of working at Augusta Health include:
- Competitive pay rates
- Sign on Bonus
- Advancement opportunity
- Generous paid time off to promote work life balance
- Clinical Ladder
- Free onsite parking
- Shift and weekend differentials
- Shared Governance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Onsite child care
Company Information:
Augusta Health is a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit, community health system located in Fishersville Virginia in Virginia’s scenic Shenandoah Valley. Augusta Health offers a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services which includes Augusta Medical Center a 255 bed inpatient facility and Augusta Medical Group which is comprised of 40 practice locations and four urgent care locations.
Equal Opportunity :
Augusta Health recruits, hires and promotes qualified candidates 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 or military discharge status, and family medical or genetic information.
