Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

St. Josephs Medical Center • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse is accountable for observing, assessing, intervening, evaluating, rehabilitating, and teaching people who are ill, injured, infirm, or experiencing a change in health. The role includes maintaining health and preventing illness; administering medications and treatments as ordered by a physician; supervising or teaching nursing; administering, supervising, and evaluating nursing practices, policies, and procedures; performing acts delegated by a physician; and developing nursing care plans.

In the Emergency Department, the nurse triages and prioritizes patients, assesses and treats traumatic injuries and cardiac symptoms, and manages rapidly changing or life-threatening conditions in accordance with facility guidelines and advanced cardiac and pediatric life support protocols. The nurse also manages pain, provides age-appropriate care and education, and teaches patients or caregivers about home care, medications, pain management, referrals, and follow-up. The position is PRN on the day shift, 6:30 a.m.–7 p.m., with possible weekend rotation.

Requirements

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse accepted by the Texas State Board of Nursing to engage in professional nursing.
• Technical, clerical, critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills relevant to patient care and the work area.
• Certifications as required by the certification policy, including BLS, ACLS, PALS, and TNCC.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

• Emergency Room experience.
• Baccalaureate degree or progression toward a baccalaureate degree.
• National certification recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
• Bilingual or multilingual ability.

Responsibilities

• Triage, assess, and prioritize arriving patients using the ESI Level 5 Triage System; triage assignment requires at least one year of ED experience, completion of the ESI course, and documented triage competency.
• Perform primary and secondary assessments for patients with traumatic injuries and initiate immediate nursing care and therapy for patients presenting with cardiac symptoms.
• Assess and manage patients with rapidly changing or life-threatening conditions in accordance with Emergency Care Center guidelines, order sets, and Advanced Cardiac and Pediatric Life Support protocols.
• Manage pain-control needs for all patients.
• Provide care and education appropriate to the age-related needs of infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and elderly patients.
• Educate patients or caregivers about home care, safe and effective medication use, pain management and comfort, referrals and resources, and when to seek further care and follow-up.
• Maintain eight hours of stroke-specific education annually.
• Incorporate patients’ physiological, psychological, cultural, developmental, and spiritual needs into care plans.
• Direct, supervise, and guide support personnel implementing the patient’s plan of care, and evaluate delegated tasks.
• Collaborate with interprofessional and intraprofessional colleagues to achieve quality outcomes.
• Complete annual education and competency validation requirements, and maintain knowledge of current standards, trends, and developments.
• Use the nursing process, professional judgment, and critical thinking to prepare, prioritize, and carry out care consistent with assessments, physician treatment plans, and professional standards.
• Promote patient safety by identifying risks and hazards, mitigating potential harm, and preventing exposure to infectious pathogens and communicable conditions.
• Listen to and honor patients’ and families’ perspectives, choices, knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural backgrounds, and provide timely, complete, and unbiased information to support participation in care and decision-making.
• Collaborate with patients, families, practitioners, and healthcare leaders in care delivery and in the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies and programs.
• Support a just culture, take ownership of patient-safety issues, and acknowledge problems that require attention.
• Support the Mission, Vision, and Values of St. Joseph Medical Center and comply with its Standards of Conduct, Corporate Compliance, and HIPAA policies.
• Enhance the patient experience, contribute to improving HCAHPS results, and steward hospital resources while ensuring quality care.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed