RN (Registered Nurse) ER Westlake

UHS • Westlake, FL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Wellington Regional Medical Center is a 235-bed, acute care hospital located in Wellington, Florida, owned by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS). Since 1986, it has provided high-quality healthcare services to Palm Beach County residents. As an accredited community hospital, Wellington Regional is committed to advanced technologies and expanding services to meet community needs. The hospital fosters an environment of compassion, teamwork, innovation, and professional growth, guided by core standards of service excellence: treating everyone as a guest, demonstrating professionalism, and practicing teamwork. Safety is a guiding value, with a commitment to zero preventable harm. The nursing teams utilize a top-of-license approach with RNs, LPNs, and Clinical Managers dedicated to patient safety and quality care. UHS is recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune and listed in Forbes' America's Largest Public Companies. UHS operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and other healthcare services across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the UK.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited or NLN-approved RN program.
• Requires a minimum of 2 years emergency room experience.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS (current upon hire)
• TNCC (within 6 months of hire)
• Current Florida nursing license.
• Must successfully pass any pre-employment assessment(s) required by the facility.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred.
• One to three years supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assumes shift responsibility and accountability for the planning and provision of direct and indirect nursing care to the patient, family, care partner and appropriate others.
• Coordinates multi-disciplinary team members, directs and facilitates nursing staff in obtaining safe, optimal health care outcomes.
• Supports activities that meet the facility vision, mission and goals.
• Provides professional leadership and support to the healthcare team.
• The concepts of Patient Centered Care will provide the foundation for all nursing care.
• Demonstrates Service Excellence standards at all times.
• Recognizes the signs and symptoms of stroke and calling a stroke alert overhead.
• Verbalizes stroke alert process.
• Performs all roles and responsibilities of the ED nurse and responds to Inpatient Stroke Alerts.
• Assists the ED physician with patient evaluation.
• Assists the ICU nurse with initiation of thrombolytic therapy (mixing, administration and monitoring) and preparation of patient for Endovascular treatment as indicated.
• Performs NIHSS and bedside swallow, assists with telemedicine consult and physician examination/evaluation of thrombolytic therapy inclusion/exclusion criteria, mixing and administration of thrombolytic therapy if patient deemed a candidate, preparation of patient for Endovascular treatment as indicated, assumes patient care while in the Emergency Department.
• Maintains currency in stroke knowledge by completing the NIHSS training and a minimum of 8 hours of stroke related training annually.

Benefits

• Opportunities for professional growth
• Opportunities for skills diversification
• Career advancement through Charge, Supervisor and Nurse Manager-in-training programs and nursing executive tract
• Robust continuing education options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree