Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg

LifePoint Health

$69K — $93K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current Virginia or compact state nursing license
  • Associate's degree in nursing; Bachelor's preferred
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification
  • Preferred experience in clinical areas
  • Familiarity with Meditech system preferred

Responsibilities

  • Performs care interventions like medication administration and specimen collection
  • Documents patient care and monitors conditions, coordinating with the care team
  • Assists patients with daily living activities including hygiene and nutrition
  • Coordinates interdisciplinary patient care, transfers, and discharges
  • Educates patients and families based on individual needs
  • Advocates for the holistic well-being of patients

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage options including dental and vision
  • Financial benefits such as life insurance and PTO
  • Education assistance and 401(k) with company match
  • Programs for mental, physical, and financial wellness
  • Career development opportunities and learning resources
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION

Registered Nurse – Med Surg

$20,000 Sign on bonus eligibility

Schedule: 12-hour shifts (36 hours/week), every other weekend

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Job Location Type: In Person

More about our team

This Acute Care position includes a mix of Med/Surg and Telemetry patients.

  • Typical staffing ratio: 1:6
  • Meditech experience preferred
  • Minimum 36 hours/week, including every other weekend

How you’ll contribute

A Registered Nurse who excels in this role:

  • Performs plan of care interventions, including medication administration, specimen collection, and clinical treatments.

  • Documents patient care and monitors patient condition, communicating with care team, physician, patient, and family.

  • Assists patients with activities of daily living, including hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.

  • Coordinates patient care across disciplines, including transfers, discharges, referrals, and support needs.

  • Provides patient and family education appropriate to age, culture, and circumstances.

  • Advocates for the physical and emotional well-being of patients.

 

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage, tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
  • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
  • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
  •  Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
  • Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

 

More about Sovah Health – Martinsville

For more than 50 years, Sovah Health – Martinsville has delivered exceptional, community-focused care as a 220-bed acute-care hospital serving Martinsville and the surrounding region. We offer over 22 medical specialties to meet the diverse needs of our patients, supported by comprehensive services including a home health and hospice agency, advanced wound healing center, cardiac rehabilitation program, two cardiac catheterization labs, and medical and radiation oncology.

Our commitment to clinical excellence is demonstrated through prestigious accreditations from the American College of Cardiology for Chest Pain Center and Heart Failure, as well as the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. We are also proud members of the Duke Heart Network and Duke Telestroke Network.

What we’re looking for 

The right person who will provide direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.

Applicants should have a current VA or compact state license. 

Additional requirements include:

  • Associate’s degree in nursing required 
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support
  • Experience in clinical area preferred

 

Hourly Rate: $33.31 - $44.97 per hour

 

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