JOB TITLE: Emergency Room Nurse

DEPARTMENT: Emergency Room

REPORTS TO: Director of Perioperative Services

SUMMARY: The ER Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients in a hospital Emergency Room. This includes coordinating incoming patients, assessing and examining patients, completing patient documentation, plan long-term care needs, administer medicine, use medical equipment, perform minor medical operations, and advise patients and their families on illness, care and continued care after a hospital stay.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITY:

• Quickly assess and prioritize care based on the critical nature and severity of a patient’s condition.
• Stabilizing patients in critical condition. Working quickly & efficiently under pressure to provide immediate care, often with little to no information.
• Possess strong critical thinking skills.
• Ability to remain calm in a stressful, labor-intensive environment.
• Excellent time management & prioritization skills with attention to detail.
• Possesses assertiveness & patient advocacy.
• Provides care to patients in all stages of life, maintaining safe and effective care to patients with varying acuity levels. Providing treatment to a wide variety of illnesses & injuries.
• Effectively and knowledgeably carries out ER physician orders. Including but not limited to, medication administration, wound care, intubations, defibrillations, auto transfusions, splinting, conscious sedation, hypothermia protocol, while maintaining close patient monitoring to any adverse reactions.
• Ensures follow through of interdisciplinary referrals not limited to respiratory, speech & physical therapy.
• Prepare paperwork & provide discharge teaching to patient & family member. Confirm transportation & follow-up recommendations

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree preferred.
• 8 months of recent working experience as a RN in Emergency Room Setting (not including clinicals)
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• BLS and ACLS certifications required; additional certifications such as PALS may be preferred.
• Current TB Screen
• Valid Identification/Driver's License
• Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
• Proficiency in electronic health record (EHR) systems and basic computer skills.
• Commitment to patient-centered care and professional excellence.