ED & Urgent Care Clinical Resource RN (Part-time)

Family Health West•Fruita, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a part-time position for an ED & Urgent Care Clinical Resource RN. The role involves ensuring reliable and punctual attendance, communicating necessary information, serving as a point of contact for clinical issues, assessing patient acuity, conducting nursing rounds, serving as a liaison for interdisciplinary team meetings, assisting with admissions/discharges, medication delivery, and patient throughput. The RN will also monitor conditions and throughput in the Inpatient Unit, ED, and PACU, respond to trauma activations and emergency situations, participate in nursing committees, and demonstrate knowledge of evidence-based practice for performance improvement. Additionally, the role involves ensuring appropriate bed utilization, assisting clinical staff, maintaining a positive work environment, ensuring staff take breaks, conducting medical chart audits, overseeing crash cart checks, serving as an ambassador for Service Excellence, working independently, and performing end-of-shift medication counts. The RN will also attend meetings and serve as an Inpatient EMR “Super User.”

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing from an accredited college required.
Current unrestricted Colorado license in good standing
Current BLS upon hire.
5 years of acute care Nursing experience required.
Reliable and punctual attendance is essential; expected to be at job as scheduled each scheduled day.
Communicate necessary information to others as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors in Nursing preferred.
ACLS and PALS within 3 months of hire.
TNCC within 6 months of hire.
ED Nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as a point of contact for staff for any clinical issues that may arise and utilize critical thinking skills to work through issues and report to providers, and department director/manager when appropriate.
Assess and document the acuity of care required for the patients of the Inpatient Unit.
Conduct and lead bi-weekly nursing rounds in the Inpatient Unit.
Serve as the Inpatient Nursing liaison for the Interdisciplinary Team (‘IDT’) meetings.
Assistance with admissions/discharges, timely and safe medication delivery, call light response time, identifying and assessing readiness for next day’s admissions/discharges.
Assisting with patient movement and throughput as appropriate.
Actively rounds through the Inpatient Unit, ED, and PACU area hourly to monitors conditions and throughput in order to establish priorities and assist in problem solving to address issues that arise.
Responds to all trauma activations and emergency situations (i.e. Code Blue).
Actively participates in at least one nursing committee.
Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based practice within the Inpatient Unit and identifies opportunities for performance improvement.
Ensures beds are being utilized appropriately and accepting patients to maximize bed potential and meet daily census goals.
Assist clinical staff with the day-to-day performance of their jobs.
Maintain a positive, compassionate, gossip-free work environment.
Ensure clinical staff have had an opportunity to take a full 30-minute lunch.
Responsible for conducting random medical chart audits to identify areas of improvement in patient care.
Oversees crash cart checks and appropriate documentation.
Checks expirations monthly.
Serves as an ambassador for the Service Excellence initiative.
Works independently, exercise creativity, be attentive to detail, and maintain a positive attitude.
Ensures end of shift medication counts are performed.
Attends meetings as assigned.
Serves as an Inpatient EMR “Super User.”
Other job duties as assigned.