Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital•Grand Rapids, MN

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Grand Itasca is a nonprofit organization focused on transforming rural health care through quality, access, and value. The Emergency Department has 10 beds and cares for pediatric through geriatric patients with a range of conditions, including abdominal pain, falls, strokes, chest pain, and headaches. The department is staffed around the clock by emergency nurses, a Critical Care Unit Coordinator, a charge nurse, and emergency providers. The Registered Nurse is a clinically competent nurse who demonstrates critical care expertise and provides timely, accurate, professional care through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The role is 0.75 FTE (60 hours per pay period), with day and night work schedules. Shifts are 12 hours, with every third weekend worked. The nurse may be trained and scheduled in the ICU to maintain competency.

Requirements

Registered with the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
Current Emergency Department experience.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications, which must be maintained.
Obtain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within six months of employment, if not already held, and maintain certification.
Obtain Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 12 months of employment, if not already held, and maintain certification.
Obtain Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) within 18 months of employment, if not already held, and maintain certification.
Follow and adhere to Fairview Grand Itasca’s mission, vision, values, and policies.
Maintain reliable and consistent attendance.
If no candidates meet the stated requirements, candidates with one year of RN or relevant critical care experience (such as paramedic experience) may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide quality care and promote patient safety throughout the continuum of care while advocating for patients and respecting advance directives and patient decisions.
Manage multiple patients, families, staff, and provider priorities in short time frames using critical thinking, delegation, and respectful communication.
Complete assessments in accordance with unit policy, incorporating medical history, therapeutic communication, and physical assessment.
Identify nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems and determine appropriate interventions within accepted standards of care.
Assess adult, geriatric, adolescent, and pediatric patients and develop appropriate plans of care.
Document the continuum of care and maintain accurate, objective patient records.
Ensure efficiency and accuracy of orders.
Organize workload effectively, assume patient care responsibilities, and adapt to environmental changes.
Use department equipment correctly and efficiently, including equipment and preparations for department-specific procedures.
Apply nursing competencies including IV access, ECG interpretation, hemodynamic monitoring and interpretation, airway management, pain management, neurological assessment, fluid management, infection control, respiratory management, and sedation and analgesia assessment and monitoring.
Communicate professionally and collaborate with patients, families, coworkers, health care team members, and ancillary departments to coordinate patient-centered care.
Ensure plans of care align with nursing standards and hospital policies and procedures.
Participate in performance improvement activities.
Maintain knowledge of and incorporate The Joint Commission standards into emergency nursing practice.
Collaborate with and delegate to ancillary and professional staff as appropriate, ensuring adherence to their scopes of practice and considering licensure and certification.
Participate in professional growth and self-development to support accountability for nursing practice.
Participate in staff meetings, committees, and projects and contribute to organizational quality and development.
Initiate and document discharge and transfer planning.
May train and work in the ICU to maintain competency.