Registered Nurse (RN), Emergency Department, Nights

University of Maryland Medical System•Glen Burnie, MD

56d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse independently provides and coordinates care for patients in the Emergency Department and functions as an effective member of the multidisciplinary patient care services team. The nurse is expected to demonstrate competent clinical practice, use evidence to guide care, address patient and family needs collaboratively, and contribute to strategies that improve patient outcomes, satisfaction, and cost effectiveness. The role is accountable to peers for advancing group practice and to the nurse manager for overall work performance, while upholding the Nursing Mission, Vision, and Values. The position includes responsibilities in professional practice, professional development, organizational innovation, leadership, and patient safety. The nurse contributes to unit-based clinical practice, education, quality improvement, research, regulatory readiness, and teamwork; may serve as a clinical resource, preceptor, coach, or mentor; and may perform charge duties as needed. The nurse identifies and addresses safety risks, reports adverse events and near misses, and consistently follows applicable policies and standards. This is a full-time night-shift position, listed as 12a–1230p. Weekend, holiday, on-call, shift work, and overtime may be required. The role involves patient-care lifting and mobility assistance, prolonged standing, sitting, bending, or walking, exposure to infectious diseases and hazardous materials, possible assignment to similar units, and work in a clean, well-lighted environment that may include interruptions and crisis situations. Annual respirator mask fitting is required due to the position’s medium exposure-risk classification.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing.
Current Maryland RN licensure before beginning orientation.
At least 1 year of RN experience.
American Heart Association BLS certification upon hire.
Meet all unit-specific certification requirements, including PALS, ACLS, and NRP as applicable.
Maintain all Clinical Nurse I core expectations.
Pass competency evaluation and probation successfully, and remain current on mandatory classes and training.
Ability to learn and use computer systems to manage patient information.
Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
If there is a gap of 5 years or more in applied nursing experience, successful completion of a refresher course within the past 6 months is required.
Employees hired on or after July 1, 2018 must complete a Bachelor of Science from a College of Nursing within 5 years of hire or transfer into a Clinical Nursing position.
Ability to meet the physical requirements, including lifting up to 35 pounds during patient care tasks and up to 50 pounds when lifting equipment and supplies.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science from a College of Nursing.
Professional certification in the area of practice.
Membership in a professional organization.
Service as a super-user or subject matter expert.
Participation in organizational or community service programs.
Participation in organizational regulatory readiness or unit-based research activities.
Participation in development of patient education materials.
Experience or interest in charge duties, precepting, coaching, mentoring, peer review, and unit operations.

Responsibilities

Independently provide and coordinate patient care within the clinical specialty, using sound clinical knowledge and skills.
Provide competent care to the unit-specific patient population and function effectively in unit-specific roles.
Use and integrate evidence into clinical practice and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate care around patient and family needs.
Provide holistic care and integrate patient education using the Teach Back methodology.
Participate in unit-based clinical practice activities and assist in developing clinical practice guidelines and standards.
Serve as a clinical resource for others and contribute to ancillary personnel development.
Advance own professional practice and participate in professional development, education, and learning activities.
Complete the required annual continuing education or eligible college credit hours, and contribute to at least one unit education activity per year.
Demonstrate knowledge of nursing-sensitive quality indicators, national hospital quality measures, patient safety goals, and HCAHPS; contribute to unit improvement initiatives.
Participate in process improvement, research, regulatory readiness, and development of patient education materials.
Delegate appropriately, support teamwork, and participate in unit or hospital committees, councils, and peer review activities.
Perform charge duties for assigned shifts as needed and support charge nurse decisions.
Serve as a preceptor, coach, or mentor to new nurses and students, and contribute to unit operations and recognition activities.
Take action to correct patient safety risks, report adverse events and near misses, follow policies and standards, and communicate identified process or equipment risks.
Maintain effective working relationships and communication with team members.
Comply with unit operational standards, including equipment and scheduling guidelines.
Complete annual respirator mask fitting and observe applicable universal precautions and safe handling practices.