Registered Nurse (RN) — Southside Freestanding Emergency Department

Bon Secours Mercy Health•Colonial Heights, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Emergency Room (ER) Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, determining the priority of the patient’s problems and needs, implementing clinical nursing interventions, developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes, and ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. The role involves collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team, caring for groups of patients in a fast-paced, high intensity setting, evaluating and updating the plan of care, serving as a point of contact for patients' care coordination, providing care to a broad spectrum of patients, and administering medications safely.

Requirements

Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
One (1) year of professional experience practicing as a Registered Nurse (RN)
BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support and PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (preferred at hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care; ACLS and PALS required within 6 months of hire)

Nice To Haves

Graduate of an accredited Associates degree or Bachelors degree in Nursing
Recent Emergency Department or Critical Care experienced preferred, not required
EPIC Electronic Health Record training (preferred, not required)

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
Care for groups of patients in a fast-paced, high intensity setting as part of an interprofessional team focused on achieving the best individual patient and population outcomes
Evaluates, updates and revises the plan of care to facilitate achievement of planned and expected outcomes
Serves as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments
Provides care to a broad spectrum of patients ranging from short-stay to trauma
Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and the organization’s policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned