Registered Nurse (Emergency Department - PRN)

Weiser Memorial Hospital•Weiser, ID

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Weiser Memorial Hospital is hiring an Emergency Department Registered Nurse on an as-needed basis. The nurse provides professional nursing care in the Emergency Department and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. The role prioritizes care based on patients’ physical and psychosocial needs and factors affecting patient flow. It requires safe, rapid, and accurate triage; communication with ED physicians about changes in patient status, symptoms, and diagnostic results; and prompt responses to changes in condition or treatment response. The nurse provides and evaluates direct patient care, assesses and reassesses patients across age groups, monitors cardiac and hemodynamic status, administers medications and IV fluids, performs waived point-of-care testing, and maintains accurate nursing documentation. The position requires independent judgment, effective communication, and adherence to safety, infection control, and departmental policies. The schedule includes at least every other weekend, rotating holidays, and shared on-call coverage as needed.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Three years of registered nurse experience within the last 48 months.
Current Registered Nurse license in Idaho.
Current BLS certification.
ACLS certification required within six months of hire.
PALS certification required within eight months of hire.
Ability to use sound judgment and cope with potentially stressful situations.
Ability and willingness to demonstrate behaviors consistent with performance-improvement standards and organizational values, including efficiency and financial responsibility, safety, partnership and service, teamwork, compassion, integrity, trust, and respect.
Ability and willingness to demonstrate behaviors consistent with principles for service excellence.
Effective English communication skills, verbally and in writing.
Basic math skills, including calculating rates, ratios, and percentages.
Basic computer knowledge.
Knowledge of medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

Two years of critical care or emergency nursing experience preferred.
ACLS certification upon hire recommended.
PALS certification upon hire recommended.
NRP certification recommended within twelve months of hire.
ENPC certification encouraged.
TNCC certification recommended within eighteen months of hire.
CEN or CERN certification strongly encouraged after two years of Emergency Department experience.
Additional languages preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult with specialists as required, and adjust nursing care processes to support optimal care.
Work independently and without direct supervision.
Perform head-to-toe assessments and policy-based reassessments for neonate, pediatric, adolescent, geriatric, and general patient populations.
Use the triage process to ensure timely and appropriate care and accurately assign triage categories.
Assess and reassess pain, use appropriate pain-management techniques, and educate patients and families about pain management.
Monitor hemodynamic status and correctly interpret results.
Monitor cardiac activity, identify dysrhythmias, and treat them appropriately.
Use equipment proficiently, follow safety and security procedures, and ensure equipment is properly cared for and functioning.
Perform waived point-of-care testing according to laboratory and patient-care-unit policies and procedures, interpret results, and take appropriate action.
Maintain current knowledge of medications and administer them appropriately for patient age and clinical condition; follow the six medication rights and reduce medication-error risk.
Prepare, hang, monitor, and discontinue IV fluids.
Maintain accurate and ongoing nursing documentation, including histories, conditions, treatments, responses, and assessment of changes.
Communicate effectively with peers, patients, family members, and physicians.
Provide care in a manner that promotes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical or healthcare errors.
Follow departmental policies and procedures and applicable objectives, performance-improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Work at least every other weekend, rotate holidays, and share on-call coverage equally with other unit nurses as needed.