Purpose & Scope:
Facilitates patient care service goals, objectives, standards of performance, policies in order to provide nursing services to meet legal, organizational and medical staff guidelines. Provides administrative direction, professional leadership adn clinical assistance to staff members. Functions in an advisory capacity to ancillary departments, on the evening and night shifts, as they relate to patient care. Supervises the implementation and compliance with standards of nursing practice that promote optimum health care delivery.
Education:
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.
Bachelor's degree in nursing is preferred.
Experience:
Two years of healthcare/medical - nursing/patient care experience is required.
Demonstrated leadership ability is required.
Certification/Licensure:
Licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Virginia Department of Health Professions or Compact State Licensure in Nursing is required.
BLS certification is required.
ACLS certification is to be obtained within six months.
Other Qualifications
ACLS or PALS cards stand as showing competence in BLS Skills per American Heart Association Guidelines. If an employee holds current ACLS or PALS certification, this meets the requirement for BLS in their job description. They do not need to also carry a separate BLS certification.