Emergency Room Nurse FSER

HCA Healthcare • Nashville, TN

3d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the department’s specific requirements and the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. In collaboration with medical providers and other care team members, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN advocates for patients, families, and caregivers and models the organization’s vision, mission, and values to support patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance.

The role includes assessing and reassessing patient pain, performing procedures and monitoring as ordered by medical providers, and documenting care promptly and thoroughly. The RN responds promptly to patient requests, anticipates needs, and works to resolve them proactively. The RN also teaches patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, follow-up measures, healthy lifestyle practices, and future self-management, translating complex medical terminology into understandable language.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) qualification.
• Associate degree.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification within 30 days of employment start date.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 6 months of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification within 90 days of employment start date.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within 1 year of employment start date.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) or TNCC Instructor certification within 6 months of employment start date.

Nice To Haves

• One year of emergency room experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care according to department requirements and applicable nursing standards.
• Collaborate with medical providers and other care team members to provide individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care.
• Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers.
• Assess patient pain regularly and reassess after appropriate interventions.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, and other functions as ordered by medical providers.
• Document the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
• Respond promptly to patient requests, anticipate patient needs, and proactively resolve them.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, patient status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures.
• Explain complex medical terminology in a way patients and caregivers can understand.
• Teach non-medicinal follow-up measures, including healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
• Prepare patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine plans.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree