RN, Emergency Department, Part-Time, Day Shift

WVU Medicine

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is a part-time, day-shift Registered Nurse role in an inpatient hospital Emergency Department. The nurse is accountable for delivering nursing care through the nursing process, exercising competent clinical knowledge and independent nursing judgment, and coordinating care provided by other health care providers to achieve quality patient outcomes. The role requires novice-level knowledge and skills to provide age-appropriate care, apply principles of growth and development across the lifespan, and assess and interpret patient data to identify individual needs. The role is 0.6 FTE, consisting of two 12-hour shifts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., for 24 scheduled hours per week. Nurses with less than 12 months of experience enter the CAPE clinical advancement program at Level 1. The program supports professional development and quality clinical performance; higher levels have specified experience, education, certification, and competency requirements. The work may involve protracted or irregular hours and exposure to biohazards, infectious diseases, deceased persons, water, and electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment. Physical demands include lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials or equipment weighing 40 pounds or more. Patient transfers, lifts, and repositioning are to use lift equipment or other patient-handling aids as indicated. Normal visual and hearing acuity are required.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state where services are provided, or a current multistate Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Less than 12 months of experience as a registered nurse.
Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including heavy/hard work and lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials or equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.
Visual acuity and hearing within the normal range.
Interpersonal skills to communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflict effectively.
Competent clinical practice and critical-thinking skills.
Ability to adapt to changing work volume, staffing, schedules, workloads, and assignments, and to work successfully under highly stressful conditions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

Use documentation and handoff processes to support patient safety and continuity of care.
Create and implement plans of care using assessment, diagnoses, interventions, and evaluation of outcomes.
Recognize patient safety concerns and use appropriate resources.
Provide education tailored to patients’ individual learning needs and use teach-back to evaluate its effectiveness.
Incorporate patient individuality and mutuality data into care delivery.
Perform and document adequate patient assessments.
Use evidence-based practice in nursing care and participate in the organization’s patient-centered care model.
Document problems and issues in the plan of care.
Develop the ability to care for more complex patients by consulting experienced colleagues.
Pursue lifelong learning through self-reflection and inquiry.
Remain accountable for delegated nursing care and recognize the scope of practice of interprofessional team members.
Participate in holistic, culturally sensitive data collection and assess the effects of family dynamics on health and wellness.
Apply the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics to nursing practice.
Identify discriminatory health care practices affecting culturally diverse populations and individualize care based on patients’ beliefs, barriers, and readiness to learn.
Complete annual specialty-accreditation education when required by the facility.
Communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflict effectively with interpersonal skills.
Use clinical practice and critical thinking to deliver patient care efficiently with health care providers and make effective use of resources.
Adapt to changes in work volume, staffing, schedules, workloads, and assignments.