Charge Nurse - Free Standing Emergency Department

East Alabama Hospital•Auburn, WA

About The Position

EAMC MISSION At East Alabama Medical Center, our mission is high quality, compassionate health care, and that statement guides everything we do. We set high standards for customer service, quality, and keeping costs under control. POSITION SUMMARY The registered nurse is responsible for assessing, evaluating, and delegating the delivery of skilled patient care. The focus of assessment and intervention based on a presenting chief complaint and acuity is a specialized approach unique to the emergency nurse. ED nurses work in a stressful, fast-paced, time constrained environment where they integrate evidence-based knowledge, make rapid assessments, make critical decisions, and preform life-saving interventions, all while using prioritization and multitasking. ED nurses require a skill set that is beyond that of a traditional nurse. This skill set is specific to our environment and includes the care of a wide variety of patients. The ED nurse should be competent in caring for patients across the age continuum and requires fluid and continuous process of education, skill refinement, knowledge procurement, and risk recognition. The ED nurse has continuous interaction with physicians, patients, family members, other care areas, and management. The ED nurse is held to the ANA code of ethics and is held accountable for the improvement of patient care. The FED charge nurse will be expected to help the department with linen exchange, room upkeep, and general day to day activities to keep the department flowing appropriately. As an ED charge nurse, it is the expectation for a standard of high quality and compassionate care throughout the department to be extended to staff and assisting in their development. Charge nurses are held to the same standards of care as the RN.

Requirements

Graduate of a school of nursing
Per Alabama Department of Public Health, all nursing staff of the free-standing emergency department will have a minimum of 1 year of emergency nursing experience
FED charge nurses should have 2 years of emergency nursing experience
Registered Nursing License
PALS required within 12 months of DOH or transfer
BLS obtained within 90 days of hire or transfer
ACLS must be obtained within 12 months of DOH/Transfer
NRP must be obtained within 12 months of DOH/Transfer

Nice To Haves

ENPC
TNCC within 18 months of DOH/Transfer

Responsibilities

Assessing, evaluating, and delegating the delivery of skilled patient care
Integrate evidence-based knowledge
Make rapid assessments
Make critical decisions
Perform life-saving interventions
Prioritization and multitasking
Care of a wide variety of patients
Competent in caring for patients across the age continuum
Continuous interaction with physicians, patients, family members, other care areas, and management
Held to the ANA code of ethics and is held accountable for the improvement of patient care
Help the department with linen exchange, room upkeep, and general day to day activities to keep the department flowing appropriately
Extend a standard of high quality and compassionate care throughout the department to staff and assisting in their development