Full time day/eve shift 8a-8p (6 shifts in a 2 week period + 1 8 hours shift), rotating weekends and holidays
OR
Full time 12p-12a (6 shifts in a 2 week period + 1 8 hours shift) rotating weekends/holidays
10% shift differential from 6p-6a*
25% weekend differential
35% extra if work weekend eve/night shift
We offer competitive salary, federal health benefits, and a three-tiered retirement plan (pension, social security, thrift savings plan)
5 weeks paid vacation for RNs per year
13 sick days per year
11 paid federal holidays-double time if worked
Tuition reimbursement and scholarship programs are available
Duties include but not limited to the following:
- The ED RN is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing care. They assess the patient by collecting pertinent data or information, including the triage of patients based on the five-level triage system to prioritize patients that require more immediate care. They use the assessment data to determine diagnoses, problems, or other concerns. They will identify expected outcomes to develop a collaborative and individualized plan for each patient. The ED RN will implement that plan, including care coordination, health teaching, and health promotion. They evaluate the progress toward achieving the expected goal and outcomes and adjusts the plan as necessary.
- Maintains current/active Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)/Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) provider status.
- Monitors patient conditions when held over in the life support room.
- Triages all unscheduled patients in accordance with Emergency Severity Index.
- Responds to Outside Emergencies and implements appropriate interventions.
- Provides immediate nursing intervention in emergency situations.
- Implements patient safety practices with regard to medication administration, patient identification, fall risk assessment and prevention, hand-off reports using the SBAR (situation, background, assessment and recommendations) format.
- Is responsible for ordering/maintaining supplies for the clinical area.
- Provides appropriate hand-off report communication using the SBAR format.
- Demonstrates/maintains competencies in accordance with the Core Competencies of the High Performance Development Model (HPDM).
- Provides assistance to other nursing units such as ICU/Telemetry.
- Has knowledge and expertise in the following:
- Transvenous and external pacemakers
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED)/Cardioversion/Defibrillation
- Treatment of acute MI/ACS, CHF, acute seizure activity, and Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Chest tubes
- Foley catheters/CBI
- IV thrombolytics
- IV pain management
- Expanders
- Vasoactive
- Is able to assess and implement care of patients with Dx of overdose, acute psychotic episodes including but not limited to suicide, violence, and hallucinations.
- Is capable of providing care to patients with fractures, altered mental state and acute stroke.
- Is capable of providing initial care to trauma as necessary. - Assesses patients' needs
on admission with respect to developmental stage,age, sex, religion,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status and illness.
- Provides patient health education to patients and families with regard to current treatment, health issues, and patient/family concerns in accordance with educational level of patient/family
This clinical position includes a level of physicality normally associated with direct patient care duties performed by nurses such as potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, sitting, moderate lifting, repeated bending, or kneeling. Examples may include but are not limited to:
-Significant amounts of time standing assisting assigned patients
-Utilization of safe patient handling and mobility protocols
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $67,777.00 - $117,406.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
