Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - FT 0.9 (72 hrs biweekly)

MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM • Marietta, OH

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in the Emergency Department in an environment of continuous quality improvement. The role directs and guides patient teaching and the activities of ancillary personnel, follows the MHS Standards of Excellence, and maintains strict confidentiality. The position is full time at Marietta Memorial Hospital Campus in Marietta, Ohio, working a 12-hour day shift for 0.9 FTE (72 hours biweekly).

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse licensure in Ohio; a West Virginia RN license is required if working in West Virginia.
• BLS certification upon hire.
• Annual stroke education certification upon hire; stroke education is also required during orientation and may include access to stroke policies, an online stroke module, NIHSS, ASLS, and T-PA administration.
• ACLS, PALS, and TNCC certifications within one year of employment.
• Maintain compliance in RQI.
• Verbal, clerical, and numerical skills, manual dexterity, color vision, and near visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• ASLS certification preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Participate in bedside shift reports and handoffs.
• Perform hourly rounding.
• Obtain patient assessments and reassessments in accordance with nursing policy.
• Coordinate and document timely, adequate teaching for patients and their families or significant others in preparation for discharge.
• Implement and monitor nursing interventions.
• Document assessments, interventions, and outcomes in Meditech within required timeframes.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and collaborate with team members to identify patient needs.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and communicate with physicians using SBAR.
• Manage patient care effectively and delegate appropriately based on patient needs and caregiver skills.
• Use appropriate interpersonal communication to support productive team relationships and foster trust and mutual respect.
• Establish empathetic, trusting therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and promote a positive patient experience.
• Seek assistance from appropriate resources as needed.
• Maintain current knowledge of and practice within hospital policies and clarify unclear communication among healthcare team members.
• Use appropriate channels of authority when communicating information.
• Triage patients effectively and maintain triage competency.
• Collect data on patients’ physical, psychological, and psychosocial health status.
• Develop and revise plans of care and teaching plans based on assessed patient and family needs and changing diagnoses.
• Complete admission, handoff, transfer, and discharge procedures as part of the nursing process.
• Coordinate the physician’s plan of care with admission assessments and discharge needs.
• Use A.I.D.E.T. during all patient interactions.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Benefits

• Affordable, comprehensive benefits package for full-time and flex-time employees.
• Bonus eligibility for qualifying full-time or flex-time employees; eligibility is determined upon offer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed