Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency

Prime Healthcare•Chino, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and provides direct care within the scope of practice. The nurse 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 accountable for the care of assigned patients, communicates clinical changes and diagnostic results to physicians, and responds quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment. The role also requires knowledge of EMTALA regulations and reporting suspected child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker, while maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality. Chino Valley Medical Center is a 112-bed community hospital in Southern California’s Chino Valley, established in 1972. The facility provides emergency care, senior services, orthopedics, surgical services, and other community healthcare services.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
Minimum of one year of experience as a staff nurse RN in an acute care hospital setting.
For Paramedic Base Station ED facilities: MICN within 12 months of hire and maintain current.
For EDAP-certified facilities: complete emergency pediatric courses 1 and 2 within 6 months of hire.
For non-OB facilities: NRP certificate within 90 days of hire and maintain current.
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNNC) within 12 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an Emergency Room setting preferred.
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

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