Registered Nurse Emergency Room

HCA Healthcare•San Antonio, TX

23h

About The Position

The Emergency Room Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care consistent with department requirements and the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Working with medical providers and other care-team members, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN advocates for patients, families, and caregivers and supports the organization’s mission, values, patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance. The position is part-time on a mixed shift at Methodist ER Nacogdoches, a 24/7 freestanding emergency center serving the Northeast and surrounding area. The facility has seven private treatment rooms and offers radiology, a full-service laboratory, telemetry, and 24-hour patient monitoring and testing. The team stabilizes critical patients and arranges transport to a Methodist hospital in San Antonio when hospitalization is needed.

Requirements

Registered Nurse qualification; an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or registered nurse diploma is accepted.
Six months of experience required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within one year of employment start date.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within six months of employment start date.
Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course or Pediatric Advanced Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
No travel required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in collaboration with medical providers and other care-team members.
Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers.
Assess patient pain regularly and reassess after appropriate interventions to promote effective pain management.
Perform procedures, monitoring, and other functions as ordered by medical providers.
Document care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
Respond promptly to patient requests, anticipate patient needs, and resolve them proactively.
Teach patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, patient status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures.
Explain complex medical terminology so patients and caregivers can understand it.
Teach non-medicinal follow-up measures, including healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
Prepare patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.

Benefits

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine coverage
Free counseling and referral services
Paid time off and paid family leave
Long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Flexible spending accounts
Preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling
Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and partnership with Galen College of Nursing
Fertility and family-building benefits
Adoption assistance
Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans
Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts