ER Registered Nurse

Emerus•Concord Township, PA

11d

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 role provides age-specific and developmentally or specialty-appropriate nursing care while ensuring patient and family comfort and safety, and follows applicable legal, hospital, facility, and departmental policies and standards of nursing practice. The position is PRN, working days from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, at a 20-bed small-format hospital with 10 ER beds and 10 inpatient beds. Emerus partners with health systems to provide individualized care in neighborhood settings and describes its workplace as focused on teamwork, diversity, equity, and equal access to information, development, and opportunity.

Requirements

Associate’s degree required.
Current state Registered Nurse licensure without sanctions required.
At least 2 years of full-time RN experience in the ER or comparable experience required.
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association required; ENPC certification from ENA may substitute for PALS.
Fluency in English, including written and oral communication, 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).
TNCC certification.

Responsibilities

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 lab testing according to 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 or treatments.
Provide care in accordance with applicable laws, facility and departmental policies and procedures, and nursing standards of 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.