Registered Nurse (Emergency Department - PRN)

Weiser Memorial Hospital•Weiser, ID

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Weiser Memorial Hospital is seeking an Emergency Department Registered Nurse to work on an as-needed (PRN) basis. The nurse provides professional nursing care in the Emergency Department and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. The role prioritizes care according to patients’ physical and psychosocial needs and factors affecting patient flow, and requires safe, rapid, and accurate triage. The nurse communicates with ED physicians about changes in patients’ status, symptoms, and diagnostic results, and responds promptly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response. The position provides direct patient care across the general population, including neonates, children, adolescents, and geriatric patients. Duties include assessment and reassessment, pain management, hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring, medication administration, IV therapy, waived testing, equipment safety, and accurate documentation. The nurse works independently, communicates with patients, families, peers, and physicians, and follows departmental, safety, environmental, and infection-control policies. The position requires working at least every other weekend, rotating holidays, and sharing on-call coverage equally with other unit nurses as needed. Weiser Memorial Hospital offers a competitive benefits package, continuing education, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Three years of registered nurse experience within the last 48 months.
Current Registered Nurse license in the state of 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 verbal and written communication in English.
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 recommended within 12 months of hire.
ENPC encouraged.
TNCC recommended within 18 months of hire.
CEN or CERN strongly encouraged after two years of Emergency Department experience.
Additional languages preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult specialists as required, and adjust nursing care processes to support optimal patient care.
Work independently and without direct supervision.
Perform head-to-toe assessments and reassessments according to policy 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 patients’ hemodynamic status and correctly interpret results.
Use cardiac monitoring to 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 based on 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 changes.
Communicate effectively with peers, patients, family members, and physicians.
Provide care in a manner that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical or health-care errors.
Follow departmental policies and procedures, objectives, performance-improvement programs, and safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Work a minimum of every other weekend, rotate holidays, and share equally in on-call coverage with other unit nurses as needed.