Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Department of Veterans Affairs • Northport, NY

27d • Onsite

About The Position

The Northport VA Medical Center is currently recruiting for one Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department. The Staff Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct and indirect nursing care to patients and families in the Emergency Department (ED). He or she is accountable for adhering to established policies, standards of care and standards of practice. The RN demonstrates leadership when providing and improving patient care. The incumbent reports directly to the Nurse Manager of ED. The RN serves as a role model when functioning as team leader or charge nurse under the supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee. The ED is staffed and equipped to provide initial evaluation, treatment, and disposition for a broad spectrum of illnesses, injuries and psychiatric disorders, regardless of the level of severity. Emergency care is provided in a clearly defined area dedicated to this function and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The ED RN responsibilities include but are not limited to: performing triage assessments on the patients and classifying them using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI), a five-level ED triage algorithm that provides clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups from 1 (most urgent) to 5 (least urgent) on the basis of acuity and resource needs. The ED RN then executes evidence-based nursing practice actions to care for the patient based on the determined acuity level. In this capacity, the ED RN is also responsible for conducting a focused assessment based on the patient's condition, reporting abnormal findings to the ED providers, implementing nursing protocol/providers' orders, and evaluating the patient's response to all treatments and interventions. In addition, the ED RN initiates interdisciplinary referrals for patients who require specialized services such as social work, mental health, and diabetes education and wound care. The ED RN plays a pivotal role as the patient advocate on the interdisciplinary team collaborating with all other team members to assure optimal, timely and above all, safe care for the patient. The Staff RN is also responsible and accountable for maintaining training required and may be assigned additional duties as area needs require. The Staff RN is expected to communicate timely and effectively with all members of the patient care team, as well as relate courteously and appropriately to all internal and external customers. The Staff RN must be able to push-pull and lift 35 pounds and must be able to stand for prolonged periods of time. Finally, the Staff RN is expected to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, and demonstrate consistent effective communication skills and exemplary professional behaviors. Fostering positive interdisciplinary collaborative relationships is essential for continuity of care that is safe and quality driven.

Requirements

• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• must be able to push-pull and lift 35 pounds
• must be able to stand for prolonged periods of time

Responsibilities

• providing direct and indirect nursing care to patients and families in the Emergency Department (ED)
• adhering to established policies, standards of care and standards of practice
• demonstrates leadership when providing and improving patient care
• functioning as team leader or charge nurse under the supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee
• performing triage assessments on the patients and classifying them using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
• conducting a focused assessment based on the patient's condition
• reporting abnormal findings to the ED providers
• implementing nursing protocol/providers' orders
• evaluating the patient's response to all treatments and interventions
• initiating interdisciplinary referrals for patients who require specialized services such as social work, mental health, and diabetes education and wound care
• collaborating with all other team members to assure optimal, timely and above all, safe care for the patient
• maintaining training required and may be assigned additional duties as area needs require
• communicating timely and effectively with all members of the patient care team, as well as relate courteously and appropriately to all internal and external customers
• work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, and demonstrate consistent effective communication skills and exemplary professional behaviors

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees