Description:
Registered Nurse (RN)
Job Summary:
The Emergency Room (ER) Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by:
- Utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status
- Determining the priority of the patient’s problems and needs
- Implementing clinical nursing interventions
- Having a highly diverse skillset
- Developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes
- Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment
Essential Functions:
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
- Care for groups 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
- Evaluates, updates and revises the plan of care to facilitate achievement of planned and expected outcomes
- Serves as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments
- Provides care to a broad spectrum of patients ranging from short-stay to trauma
- Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and the organization’s policies and procedures
- Other duties as assigned
Education:
- Graduate of an accredited Associates degree or Bachelors degree in Nursing
Certifications:
- Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support and PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (preferred at hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care; ACLS and PALS required within 6 months of hire)
Experience:
- One (1) year of professional experience practicing as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- Recent Emergency Department or Critical Care experienced preferred, not required
Training:
- EPIC Electronic Health Record training (preferred, not required)