About the role
About This Unit:
At the heart of Lynchburg, our Level II Trauma Center Emergency Department serves as a regional destination for emergency care, providing compassionate, high-quality treatment to patients across our community and surrounding counties. With 53 licensed beds and 68 treatment spaces.
Our team cares for patients across the lifespan—from infants to geriatrics—managing a wide spectrum of conditions ranging from minor illnesses and injuries to life-threatening emergencies, trauma activations, sepsis, stroke, cardiac events, and resuscitations. Every member of our team plays a vital role in delivering exceptional care during some of our patients' most critical moments.
We are committed to clinical excellence and professional growth. We foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and development, providing opportunities to expand clinical expertise and advance professional practice. We are seeking, patient-focused, team-oriented individuals who thrive in a rapidly changing environment and embrace the challenges and rewards of emergency nursing. The ideal candidate is adaptable, initiative-driven, positive, and eager to learn. We value caregivers who are passionate about both teaching and learning, support their teammates, and are committed to delivering outstanding patient care.
If you are looking for an environment that will challenge you, develop your skills, and allow you to make a meaningful impact every day, we invite you to join our Emergency Department team and be part of something extraordinary.
The professional registered nurse (RN) plans, coordinates, and manages the care provided to assigned patients and practices under the tenets of Centra's Professional Practice Model. The RN acts as the leader in collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team, providing the foundation for creating the interdisciplinary plan of care. Throughout the patient's stay, the RN coordinates the various care processes that are necessary to achieve desired outcomes, and delegates, as appropriate. The RN works to promote and sustain a culture reflective of Centra's best practices for quality and service, creates and maintains a safe patient environment, and contributes to a healthy work environment. The practice of the RN reflects the American Nurses Association's (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, the Nurse Practice Act of Virginia, and the ANA Principles of Nurse Staffing. Meets the applicable requirements of the Centra Nurse Engagement Program for a CNEP III.
Practices under the tenets of Centra's Professional Practice Model
Plans, coordinates, manages, and documents the care provided to assigned patients
Delegates to care providers according to the ANA Principles of Nurse Staffing
Thinks critically as evidenced by appropriate clinical decision-making and prioritization
Leads, communicates and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to plan patient care
Creates and maintains an environment that protects patients from harm
Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
Participates in initiatives resulting from nurse-sensitive quality indicators and/or unit-based quality metrics
Ensures appropriate patient and/or caregiver education with utilization of applicable resources
Promotes and sustains a culture reflective of Centra's best practices
Operationalizes change resulting from evidence-based practice or research
Operationalizes unit-based action plans to achieve or exceed service excellence benchmarks
Participates in service recovery and uses appropriate resources during complex situations
Handles conflict resolution in an appropriate, timely, and consistent manner
Identifies personal contributions to unit-based cascading goals
Admits, transfers and/or discharges patients safely and efficiently
Uses resources (e.g., time, people, supplies, etc.) cost-effectively
Engages in own professional development as evidenced by self assessment and attainment of degrees, certifications, and continuing education
Contributes to providing a supportive environment that is conducive to learning for all students from all academic programs
Other duties as assigned
Required Education: Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program
Required Experience: One (1) year of external nursing experience or completion of Nurse Residency Program if hired to Centra as a new graduate nurse
Required Certifications and Licensures: Hold a current, active license as a registered nurse in Virginia or hold a current multistate licensure privilege as a registered nurse. Hold a current, active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) course completion card.
Salary Range: $32.92 - $51.02 / Hour
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