What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emergency Room Nurse position at Total Talent Consultants?
We are looking for Emergency Room RN for our client in Cleveland, OH.
Key Responsibilities
The ED RN shall be responsible for:
- Triage and prioritization of patients based on acuity
- Patient assessments and emergency nursing care
- Administration of medications and IV therapies
- Monitoring and documentation of vital signs and patient response
- Critical care nursing support
- Scrub and circulating duties within the Emergency Department
- Obtaining patient and family histories
- Developing and revising plans of care
- Electronic medical record documentation
- Carrying out physician orders and documenting patient care
- Communicating patient status changes to physicians and nursing leadership
- Interpreting cardiac rhythms and telemetry monitoring
- Operating emergency equipment including:
- Defibrillators
- EKG machines
- Cardiac monitors
- Initiating life-saving measures in the absence of physicians
- Assisting with emergency procedures and diagnostic interventions
- Central line and ventilator care
- Skin assessments and prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers
- Care of patients with catheters and prostheses
- Patient and family education
- Participation in discharge planning
- Maintaining professional decorum and customer service standards
- Participation in quality improvement activities and staff meetings
Requirements
- Graduation from a school of professional nursing accredited by ACEN or CCNE
- Current license from the Ohio Board of Nursing or current multi-state license from a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state
- Current CPR certification through the American Heart Association
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Minimum of two (2) years of direct patient care experience within the last three (3) years
- Emergency department or critical care nursing experience preferred
- Ability to interpret cardiac rhythms and respond to emergencies
- Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English fluently
- Demonstrated competency in electronic health record documentation
- Ability to work days, nights, evenings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled
Pay up to:$47 an hour dependent on training, accreditations, schooling and years of experience
Salary : $47