Riverside Health System·Gloucester, Virginia
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of total nursing care for assigned patients. The role involves supervising non-professional personnel and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high-quality clinical outcomes.
Gloucester, Virginia Hiring Range $36.50 - $50.23/Hourly Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs. Sign-on Bonus Eligible! *Nursing students preparing to graduate are welcome to apply! We offer Nurse Graduate roles that allow a new grad nurse to begin working (if desired) after final transcript is received with an expectation to become licensed within 6 months of starting employment.
Overview Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the Director and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients.
The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a care plan for each patient based on physiological, psychosocial and cultural diversity.
Responsible for supervising and delegating non-professional personnel working directly with him/her to ensure optimum patient care.
Must demonstrate competence in dealing with age related needs of the specific patient populations.
Works under the direction of leadership and a multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive range of services or clinical care associated with and in accordance with standards of excellence established by Riverside Health system and facility goals and strategic plans.
What you will do Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population.
Demonstrates nursing unit specific competencies and equipment training, see checklists.
Partners with patients and their family to develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient.
Incorporates evidence based standards of practice and collaborates with interdisciplinary team in care coordination.
Facilitates safe patient transition to next level of care as part of plan of care.
Demonstrates sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to ensure patient receives consistent, competent and ethical care.
Focuses on quality outcomes of patient when addressing service needs to ensure evidence based quality care of patient.
Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations.
Modifies education method to ensure patient/family understanding.
Assumes responsibility to coordinate and deliver individualized patient education and discharge specific education to family/caregivers.
Evaluates for comprehension and documents.
Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
Delegates and prioritizes tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and service excellence to meet the patient's care needs..
Recognizes and responds to emergency situations.
Evaluates resources and support needed and uses systems to ensure needs are met.
Qualifications: Education Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred) Program Graduate, Registered Nurse (Required)
Experience 1 year Staff Nurse (Preferred)
Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse (RN) - State Department of Health Professions (Required) CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required) To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers.
Requires a Registered Nurse license and CPR/BLS certification. A Bachelor's degree in Nursing and one year of staff nurse experience are preferred, though new graduates are welcome to apply.
Market context
In Virginia, nursing-related roles are typically supported by steady demand across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings. These positions are competitive because employers often look for both patient-care experience and current credentials, and this role requires a high school diploma, BLS certification, and one of several entry pathways such as CNA, EMT-B, Medical Assistant graduate status, or nursing program progress. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your certification status and clinical hours before applying.