PRN Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - Day/Eve/Night

WellSpan Health • Chambersburg, PA

21h • Onsite

About The Position

The Emergency Department is a 30-bed Emergency Care Unit, characterized as a rapid-paced, high-acuity unit handling 155 visits per day and over 55,000 annual visits. The role includes an orientation program facilitated by a Clinical Educator, focused on Emergency Nursing, especially for novice nurses, and offers the Emergency Nursing Association (ENA) orientation curriculum online. This is a PRN (as needed) position requiring a minimum of 24 hours off-shift per 6-week schedule, including 12-hour day/evening/night shifts, and weekend and holiday work as needed. The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for implementing, directing, and coordinating patient care through the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. This includes recognizing and treating physical and psychosocial changes unique to the age/population group served on the unit.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required
• Evidence of participation in educational programs to update and maintain current knowledge and clinical skills.
• Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required.
• At least one year of RN experience in ED or Critical Care required.
• Eligible for or currently licensed as a Registered Professional Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• CPR certification required.
• ACLS required for Emergency, or achieved within one year of start date.
• PALS required for Emergency within one year from start date.
• Proficiency in cardiac monitor interpretation required for Emergency.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.
• Previous nursing experience in specialty area preferred.
• Certification in specialty preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates safe medication practice.
• Maintains a professional image that reflects the employee’s role in health care, with confidence and a positive impression.
• Completes chart check to ensure no missed orders.
• Accurately transcribes physician’s orders.
• Demonstrates therapeutic communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to assess patient education needs and use of patient education resources.
• Demonstrates involvement in unit by attending 50% of staff/committee meetings and in-services for area.
• Demonstrates leadership through the nursing process and supervision while maintaining accountability for treatment and patient outcomes.
• Acts as a resource person regarding patient care, specialty area, orientation and teaching of staff.
• Responds to delays in a calm manner. Apologizes for inconveniences and gives alternatives.
• Analyzes assessment data, identifies priority problems and documents on Plan of Care in PCS for patients and families and significant others.
• Uses effective problem-solving skills to plan patient care.
• Identifies critical factors evidencing changes in patient condition and responds appropriately.
• Completes and documents discharge assessment against plan of care goals.
• Initiates and maintains Intravenous Therapy according to IV standards.
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations.
• Utilizes proper body mechanics to prevent injury to self and others. Safely positions, transfers and transports patients.
• Functions as a virtual nurse as assigned which includes, but is not limited to, admissions, discharges, education, documentation through a virtual platform and working collaboratively with the bedside nursing staff.
• Completes accurate initial triage to ESI and department standards.
• Performs thorough and accurate chief complaint specific assessments on all age groups.
• Assesses and identifies patients for indications of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse and initiates appropriate follow-up.
• Implements advanced emergency skills to ED patients.
• Collaboratively coordinates with other departments and disciplines in order to meet patient’s needs.
• Achieves credentialing in conscious sedation annually and demonstrates appropriate clinical performance as evidenced by successful observation and chart review.
• Attends annual skills day for all other unit specific competencies and reviews.
• Early identification and expedient processing of AMI patients to cath lab to meet benchmark door to balloon times.
• Demonstrates appropriate technique of accessing, maintaining, and de-accessing indwelling ports.
• Accurately completes and transmits 12 lead EKG’s.
• Able to demonstrate proper set up and verbalize proper nursing care during and after insertion of chest tube.
• Demonstrates proficient phlebotomy skills on all age groups and follows procedures for patient identification and specimen labeling.
• Demonstrates proper use of Lifepak in all functions.
• Properly identifies patients by chief complaint and initiates department protocols in collaboration with ED Physician.
• Demonstrates proper application of restraints in the ED setting and completes required documentation timely and accurately.
• Documentation thorough and complete as evidenced by random chart audits.

Benefits

• ACLS, PALS, and EKG provided
• An orientation program facilitated by a Clinical Educator, focused on Emergency Nursing especially for the novice nurse
• Emergency Nursing Association (ENA) orientation curriculum offered (online)
• Shift and Weekend Differential Eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees