Registered Nurse Emergency Room

HCA Healthcare•San Antonio, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care according to the department’s requirements and the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. In collaboration with medical providers and other care-team members, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN advocates for patients and their families or caregivers, and supports the organization’s mission, values, patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance. The role includes assessing and reassessing pain, performing procedures and monitoring as ordered, documenting care accurately and promptly, responding to patient requests, anticipating patient needs, and educating patients and families about medical conditions, treatment plans, medications, possible side effects, follow-up measures, and self-management. The RN also explains complex medical terminology and provides guidance on lifestyle measures such as healthy diet, exercise, and disease prevention. This is a full-time night-shift position at Methodist ER Nacogdoches, a 24/7 freestanding emergency center serving the Northeast and surrounding area. The 5,808-square-foot facility has seven private treatment rooms and services including radiology, a full-service laboratory, telemetry, and 24-hour patient monitoring and testing. The team stabilizes critical patients and arranges transport to a Methodist hospital in San Antonio when hospitalization is needed.

Requirements

Registered Nurse Associate Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, or Registered Nurse Diploma.
Six months of experience required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within one year of employment start date.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within six months of employment start date.
Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course or Pediatric Advanced Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
No travel required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with department requirements and applicable nursing practice standards.
Collaborate with medical providers and other care-team members to provide individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care.
Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers.
Assess patient pain regularly and reassess after appropriate interventions.
Perform procedures, monitoring, and other functions as ordered by medical providers.
Document care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
Respond promptly to patient requests and anticipate and proactively address patient needs.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, patient status, treatment plans, medications, possible side effects, and follow-up measures.
Explain complex medical terminology so patients and families can understand it.
Teach non-medicinal follow-up measures, including healthy diet, exercise, disease prevention, and other lifestyle changes.
Prepare patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.
Help stabilize critical patients and arrange transport to a Methodist hospital when hospitalization is needed.

Benefits

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine plans.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Paid time off and paid family leave.
Long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Flexible spending accounts.
Preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.