ER Registered Nurse

Emerus•Murphy, TX

10d

About The Position

The ER Registered Nurse provides nursing care in the Emergency Room by assessing, planning, directing, and evaluating patient care. The role delivers age-specific and developmentally or specialty-appropriate care while supporting patient and family comfort and safety. The nurse documents care, monitors and records patient signs and symptoms, follows physician orders, performs laboratory collection and testing, and completes patient admission, discharge, and transfer procedures. The position also requires adherence to privacy, infection-control, legal, facility, departmental, and nursing-practice standards, as well as participation in quality-assessment activities and required meetings. This is a PRN position at a 16-bed small-format hospital with an 8-bed emergency room and 8 inpatient beds. The shift is described as swing shift (flexible).

Requirements

Associate’s degree required.
Current state Registered Nurse licensure without sanctions required.
At least 2 years of full-time RN experience in an ER or comparable experience required.
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.
Fluency in written and oral English required.
Pennsylvania candidates must have completed Act 33 (Child Abuse History Clearance) and Act 73 (FBI Fingerprint Criminal History Clearance) within the last 5 years, or obtain them before the start date.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
TNCC certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, prioritize, and provide proficient, age-specific and developmentally or specialty-appropriate nursing care to ensure patient and family comfort and safety.
Complete accurate, concise, and legible medical-record documentation.
Observe and record patient signs, symptoms, behaviors, and physiological status.
Present proposed revisions to interventions and desired outcomes.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records.
Follow physician orders in delivering nursing care.
Collect laboratory samples and perform lab testing according to established policies and procedures and COLA and CLIA regulations.
Follow required infection-control and isolation procedures and use aseptic techniques.
Perform patient admission, discharge, and transfer procedures.
Participate in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
Assemble equipment and supplies for diagnostic or treatment procedures and perform or assist with procedures or treatments.
Provide care in accordance with legal requirements, facility and departmental policies and procedures, and applicable nursing standards of care and practice.
Perform assigned Quality Assessment activities and document them.
Attend required staff meetings and other company-sponsored or mandated meetings.
Perform additional duties as assigned.