Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department

Tampa General Hospital•Tampa, FL

About The Position

Under general supervision and following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, the Clinical Nurse delivers nursing care to patients in the Emergency Department. The role plans and implements nursing care, documents nursing assessments, identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention, formulates and communicates goal-directed plans of care, and assures patient rights. Job duties are performed in accordance with Tampa General Hospital's mission, vision, and values and its principles of quality improvement.

Requirements

Associate's degree in Nursing.
Registered Nurse license issued by Florida or a Compact State.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Nice To Haves

Unit-specific certifications may be required, including Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), STROKE, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), or STABLE.

Responsibilities

Assess and analyze the health status of patients on the assigned nursing unit comprehensively, ensuring admission assessments are completed within policy and unit-standard timeframes.
Perform ongoing assessments, document them according to policy and procedure, and report significant admission and ongoing assessment findings to appropriate healthcare team members.
Initiate discharge planning with the initial admission assessment.
Plan patient care in collaboration with the patient, family, and healthcare team.
Formulate individualized plans of care from assessment data within designated policy and unit-standard timeframes, and update plans based on patient assessments.
Direct, implement, and coordinate patient care activities to support quality care.
Communicate plans of care to healthcare team members through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift, and in shift reports.
Direct care team members in accordance with their scopes of practice.
Communicate and document patient care, including assessments, plans, interventions, patient responses, and follow-up.
Transcribe and direct implementation of physician orders.
Provide patient education based on assessed needs and evaluate patient understanding.
Evaluate patient outcomes on an ongoing basis and document the effectiveness of interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within required timeframes, including patients and families in the evaluation process.
Provide patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the populations served, including age groups, patients of size, and diagnosis-based needs.
Demonstrate awareness of patients’ physical, psychosocial, and developmental needs as appropriate to the populations served.