Registered Nurse Emergency Room RN

HCA Healthcare • Live Oak, TX

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in the Emergency Room in accordance with departmental requirements and state and specialty nursing standards. 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 and their families or caregivers and supports the organization’s mission, values, patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance.

The RN assesses and reassesses patient pain, performs provider-ordered procedures and monitoring, and documents care in the medical record promptly and thoroughly. The role includes responding to patient requests, anticipating needs, and educating patients and their families or caregivers about medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications and side effects, follow-up measures, and lifestyle changes. The RN explains complex medical terminology clearly and prepares patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.

This is a full-time, night-shift position at Methodist Hospital Northeast, a 232-bed, full-service hospital.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 months of experience as a Licensed Registered Nurse.
• Registered Nurse Associate Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, or Registered Nurse Diploma.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 90 days of employment start date.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification within 30 days of employment start date.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course certification within 1 year of employment start date.
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course or Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within 90 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification or equivalent within 6 months of employment start date.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with departmental requirements and applicable nursing standards.
• Collaborate with medical providers and other members of the care team to provide individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care.
• Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers.
• Assess patient pain regularly and reassess after appropriate interventions to support 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.
• Educate 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 benefits.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, 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 a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

What This Job Offers

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