Registered Nurse RN - Emergency Department

Saint Francis Hospital•Evanston, IL

8d•$35 - $54

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining professional nursing care standards. In the Emergency Department, the nurse is directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients. The nurse communicates changes in patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians, and responds quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment. The role requires knowledge of EMTALA regulations and procedures for reporting child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker, as well as maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained current.
Current ALS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained current.
Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 60 days of hire and maintained current.
ECRN or MICN certificate within 12 months of hire and maintained current, where required by the facility.
At EDAP-certified facilities, complete required annual education.
At non-OB facilities, obtain and maintain an NRP certificate within 90 days of hire.
At trauma-designated facilities, complete and maintain TNCC within 12 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) certification.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
TNCC at non-trauma facilities.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
Direct and guide patient and family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel.
Maintain standards of professional nursing care.
Take direct responsibility and accountability for patient care in the Emergency Department.
Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patients’ conditions or responses to treatment.
Follow EMTALA regulations and report child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.