Job Description

Southside Regional Medical Center is your community health care provider, a 300-bed facility located on a 50-acre campus with nearly 400 physicians representing more than 40 specialties. We work hard every day to be a place of healing, caring and connection for patients and families in the community we call home. Bon Secours – Southside Medical Center serves the communities of Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Fort Lee and Chester and the counties of Prince George, Dinwiddie, Sussex, Surry and Southern Chesterfield.

Southside Medical Center is excited to launch a one-of-a-kind nursing unit, the Innovation Lab. This unit will focus on executing the latest technology, creative care delivery, futuristic workflow and education, and unprecedented flexibility. The primary goal will be the modernization of workflow and care delivery models through the piloting and development of advanced healthcare technology. As a part of the Innovation team, we will collectively focus on associate wellbeing, resiliency, and work life balance. Come join our team as we foster a new and innovative work environment in a smaller personalized unit with lower patient ratios.

Fulltime Dayshift opportunities available!!

Part-Time and PRN opportunities available.

Flexible schedule!

Sign-on bonus - restrictions apply!

Do you have the qualities mentioned below? If so, you may be interested in our NEW Innovation Lab at SMC.

Committed to change the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize safety risk, and sustain performance

Ability to learn from failure learn from your mistakes and use your newfound experience as motivation for your future efforts.

Tenacity or steadfastness continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.

Willingness to go against the status quo- proposes a new idea that may be worth exploring and asks if there might be a better way. Sees solutions where others see problems

Summary of Primary Function/General Purpose of Position
The New-to-Practice Emergency Department (ED) Registered Nurse (RN) provides, coordinates, plans, and evaluates nursing care within established nursing procedures, professional standards, and organizational policies/philosophies under the guidance of a competent ED RN. The RN demonstrates the ability to care for a group of patients in a fast-paced, high-intensity setting as part of an Interprofessional team focused on achieving the best individual patient and population outcomes. The RN is responsible for demonstrating core cultural and safety behaviors to eliminate preventable harm, ensure worker safety and a safe, high quality experience of care.

Summary of Primary Function/General Purpose of Position
The Registered Nurse Medical/Surgical functions as a care provider of a multidisciplinary care team responsible for the delivery of patient care through using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN possesses the basic knowledge of a patient's age and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care, demonstrates strong skills related to effective time management and prioritizing patient care, contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement initiatives, collaborates with other professional disciplines, and supports the mission of the ministry to provide physical and psychological support to patients and families.

Essential Job Functions
In collaboration with members of interdisciplinary teams, the RN establishes goals and strategies for meeting the discharge or continuing care needs with the patient. The RN performs and documents complete patient assessments, initiates and maintains current nursing care plans for all assigned patients, identifies patient learning needs to provide individualized and comprehensive teaching, administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures, serves as a point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout the hospital departments, acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department, and serves as a patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.

• Benefits offerings vary according to employment status

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health – Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employers, please email recruitment@mercy.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at recruitment@mercy.com