Registered Nurse Emergency Room

St Anthony Hospital•Lakewood, CO

5d•$37 - $59•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse will work in the Emergency Department at St. Anthony Hospital, a Magnet-designated, high-volume Level I Trauma Center in Lakewood, Colorado. The department has 46 beds and approximately 58,000 visits per year, and provides emergency care across medical, cardiac, trauma, and stroke services. The hospital is also a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center and cardiac receiving center, and is the home base for Flight for Life Colorado. The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team, patients, and families to address patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The nurse promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, follows patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrates accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission. This position is 0.90 FTE, full-time nights, with a scheduled shift of 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. A $20,000 sign-on bonus and up to $8,000 in relocation assistance are offered to eligible new hires.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or qualification by endorsement.
Active, unencumbered RN license in the state of employment.
One year of recent RN Emergency Department experience.
BLS from the American Heart Association.
ACLS from the American Heart Association.
ENPC or PALS.
NIHSS.
NRP.
TNCC, or completion within one year of hire.
Ability to perform medium physical work: exert or lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN).

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
Evaluate patients’ responses to care and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
Develop and implement patient plans of care and monitor outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
Document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.
Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
Educate patients and families by assessing readiness to learn, learning needs, and ability to learn; provide teaching and evaluate its effectiveness.