Experience Registered Nurse - Pediatrics' Emergency & Trauma (second)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse administers patient care in the Emergency Room setting where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support the patient's medical condition. These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills. The Children’s Emergency Department provides care on a 24-hour a day, 7-day a week basis, and is located on the first floor of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. It consists of 29 private Acute Care beds and four (4) Resuscitation/Trauma beds. Clinical activities include but not limited to: triaging ED patients, emergent stabilization of both medical and trauma patients, procedural sedation, cardiac monitoring as appropriate, medication administration, collection of laboratory specimens, IV therapy, point of care testing including; glucose monitoring, urine screens, and rapid strep screens, and patient and family education including medical care, treatment and prevention.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
- Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department
- Maintains current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
- Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification
- At least two (2) years of experience as a Registered Nurse in an Emergency Room setting
Nice To Haves
- Pediatrics experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses.
- Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
- Functions as a patient and family advocate.
- Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
- Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
- Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
- Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
- Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
- Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Paid Time Off (Up to 5 weeks to start)
- Life Insurance
- Extended Leave Plan (ELP)
- Family Care (child care, elder care, pet care)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Car Insurance
- 100% PAID Tuition as well as tuition reimbursement & monthly payments to help pay down any graduated school debt
- ALL Benefits Start Day One
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
