Neighbors Emergency Center ER Registered Nurse
Job Summary:
The Emergency Room Nurse provides direct and indirect patient care in the emergency care setting and provides care that reflects initiative, flexibility and responsibility indicative of professional expectation with a minimum of supervision. The Emergency Room Nurse can triage safely, rapidly and accurately, every patient that enters the emergency care system.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Determine priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs, as well as factors influencing patient flow through the system.
Communicate with Emergency Department physicians about changes in patient's status, symptomatology and results of diagnostic studies.
Able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
Maintain awareness of current ER operational policies and procedures which impact position responsibilities.
Demonstrate current comprehensive and professional knowledge and skills in conformation with recognized nursing standards including the Patient Bill of Rights standards for patientcare and the Nurse Practice Act
Provide direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult with other specialists as required and adjust nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
Qualifications, Education Experience, Skills:
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
At least 3-5 years of Emergency Room, strongly preferred.
LANGUAGE/MATH/REASONING ABILITY
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situation.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Basic computer skills
CERTIFICATE/LICENSES
• Current RN license within the state of practice
Current BCLS, ACLS, and PALS Certification
Physical Demands:
Moderate physical activity performing somewhat strenuous daily activities of a primarily product/technical nature.
Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, pull, or otherwise move objects Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
Physical: ascending or descending stairs, ramps and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms; maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces; bending legs downward and forward by bending leg and spine; using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward; standing, particularly for sustained periods of time; using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion; raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving object horizontally from position to position; substantial movements(motion) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers in a repetitive manner