Registered Nurse

Title: Registered Nurse

State Role Title: 49113

Hiring Range: $81,959-$113,104

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Hiram Davis Medical Center

Agency Website: hwdmc.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

• Serves as a treatment team leader for residents on assigned unit.
• Utilizes the nursing process in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care; produces a written nursing assessment with recommendations for nursing interventions to be included in the treatment plan.
• Makes frequent rounds on all patients on the team during each shift to ensure that physician’s orders are carried out, nursing care plans are implemented, and procedures are done in accordance with hospital policy and acceptable standards of care.
• Assists in maintaining effective quality improvement activities.
• Performs direct patient care such as insertion and replacement of intravenous feeding tubes and tracheotomy tubes and administers intravenous therapy and blood transfusions
• Assesses each patient’s needs and prepares an individualized nursing care plan for each patient in collaboration with the treatment team. Updates plans as patient’s needs indicate.
• Performs the RN Case Manager duties as specified in Case Management policy. RN Case Manager is responsible for knowing their assigned residents and for ensuring oversight of each resident’s care.
• Informs Nurse Supervisor and/or CNE and attending physician of any changes in patient’s condition.

Minimum Qualifications

Considerable knowledge of professional nursing principles and practices; medication indications, actions, reactions and interactions; infection control; considerable skills in application of professional nursing techniques and devices used in a wide range of procedures; demonstrated ability to apply the principles, practices and procedures of professional nursing, to recognize potential patient problems, to make nursing assessments, to observe, record and evaluate patients’ response to treatment, to communicate effectively with others orally and in writing

Additional Considerations

Experience in nursing at the professional level coupled with experience in medical/surgical nursing, psychiatric nursing, geriatric nursing, rehabilitative nursing and or nursing care of the mentally retarded

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applicants must list all relevant experience that you wish to be considered for this position. Applicants will be provided confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

A fingerprint-based criminal history check and reference checks are required for the selected candidate for this position. Under Virginia Code §37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers, persons who have been convicted of specific “barrier” crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending “barrier” charges.

DBHDS facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated against COVID-19. However, facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits, and continue to offer COVID-19 vaccination programs to staff, residents/clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated, proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. If you have any questions, contact the Office of Human Resources.

Commonwealth’s Alternate Hiring Process: In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with the Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encou