Emergency Nurse

St Josephs Medical Center•Stockton, CA

3d•$66 - $86

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse in Emergency Services, you will help individuals and families receive holistic, effective, and appropriate care in a safe and confidential environment, supporting optimal health outcomes from admission through discharge. You will assess patients, plan, implement, and evaluate their care using clinical skills and technology. The role includes thorough documentation, following leadership direction, mentoring new staff, continuous self-development, and maintaining a safe patient environment while adhering to policies and procedures. Success requires strong assessment skills, acute critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The position assesses the physical, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, functional, high-risk, and discharge needs of patients and families. It requires completing and documenting initial assessments and care within required timeframes, performing reassessments at intervals appropriate to patient needs, addressing all major body systems, attending to expressed spiritual needs, and incorporating cultural and ethnic factors into care.

Requirements

Graduate of an RN School of Nursing.
Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field.
Emergency department experience.
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) certification.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ and families’ physical, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, functional, high-risk, and discharge needs.
Complete and document initial assessments and care within required timeframes.
Perform reassessments and provide care at intervals required or appropriate to each patient’s needs.
Ensure physical assessments and care address all major body systems.
Ensure spiritual assessments and care address actual or expressed needs.
Incorporate cultural and ethnic factors into assessment and care.
Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
Document care thoroughly and maintain a safe, confidential patient environment.
Follow leadership direction, mentor new staff, and engage in continuous self-development.