ER Registered Nurse

ChristianaCare Hospitals in Aston and West Grove•Concord Township, PA

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About The Position

The ER Registered Nurse performs the primary functions of a nurse in assessing, planning, directing, and evaluating patient care in the Emergency Room. The nurse provides proficient, age-specific and developmentally or specialty-appropriate care while ensuring patient and family comfort and safety, and follows physician orders and applicable nursing standards, laws, and facility policies. This is a PRN night position, with a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. schedule, in a 20-bed small-format hospital comprising 10 ER beds and 10 inpatient beds. Emerus operates accredited small-format hospitals in partnership with health systems and describes its care approach as individualized, compassionate, and delivered by teams focused on teamwork, diversity, equity, and equal access to information, development, and opportunity.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

BSN.
TNCC certification.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, direct, and evaluate patient care in the Emergency Room.
Plan, prioritize, and provide proficient, age-specific and developmentally or specialty-appropriate nursing care, ensuring the comfort and safety of patients and families.
Complete accurate, concise, and legible medical-record documentation.
Observe and record patients’ 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 laboratory testing in accordance with established policies and procedures and COLA and CLIA regulations.
Follow infection-control and isolation procedures and use aseptic techniques in patient care.
Perform admission, discharge, and transfer procedures.
Participate in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
Assemble equipment and supplies for diagnostic or treatment procedures in the specialty service area, and perform or assist with procedures and treatments.
Provide care in accordance with applicable laws, facility and departmental policies and procedures, and established nursing standards and state Board of Nursing practice requirements.
Perform assigned Quality Assessment activities and document them.
Attend required staff meetings and other company-sponsored or mandated meetings.
Perform additional duties as assigned.