Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Intermountain Health

1d • $35 - $52 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members. LDS ED has 24 beds and is a level 4 trauma center. While we do care for trauma patients, trauma is not our main focus. We are a community hospital and care for medical patients. We also have a strong behavioral health patient population. Luckily, we have fantastic resources for behavioral health patients at LDS hospital, including a behavioral health access center, psychiatric ICU, and medical detox unit. Position Details · Benefits Eligible: Yes · Shift Details: Full time, 36 hours/week STAFFING: 06L, 10L, 12L, 15L, or 18L. Most new hires work about half days/swings and half nights, and will have more schedule flexibility after about a year. RATIOS: Typical ED RN ratio is 1:4, Staffing is based on volumes; skeleton crew to begin/end day and increase in staffing as volumes increase SCHEDULING: Schedule for 8 weeks at a time, RN will self-schedule based on seniority. About half shifts will be nights, at least 8 weekend shifts (weekend shifts start Friday night shift and continue through Sunday night shift), 2 on-call shifts, team is broken into groups for holiday scheduling (if you work thanksgiving year 1 you will have it off year 2. You can always swap your holiday) ORIENTATION: ~8 weeks based on experience. EDUCATION: Robust education requirements to be completed in their first year, all compensated. · Department: Emergency Department · Primary Location: LDS Hospital · Additional Details: Licensed RN experience in an Emergency Department and/or high acuity setting preferred. One year of licensed RN experience required. Essential Functions Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others. Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up). Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources. Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate. Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• One year of licensed RN experience required.

Nice To Haves

• Licensed RN experience in an Emergency Department and/or high acuity setting preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire.

Responsibilities

• Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status
• Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team
• Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care
• Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met
• Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate
• Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions
• Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources
• Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction
• Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate
• Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others
• Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees