RN-ER (Per Diem, Night shift)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional nursing care within the Emergency Department to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. This role involves coordinating care planning with other disciplines and providing direct and indirect patient care in the emergency care setting. The RN is expected to demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and responsibility with minimal supervision. Key responsibilities include safely, rapidly, and accurately triaging every patient entering the ED, determining care priorities based on physical and psychosocial needs, and managing patient flow. The role also requires communicating with physicians about patient status changes, symptomatology, and diagnostic study results, and responding quickly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response. The ability to use equipment specific to the Emergency Department is also essential.
Requirements
- Associate Degree in Nursing required.
- Current Registered Nurse New Jersey State license.
- BLS, ACLS and PALS and/or, ENPC within 1 year of hire.
- At least 2-years of relevant work experience required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides professional nursing care within the Emergency Department to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
- Coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
- Provides direct and indirect patient care in the emergency care setting.
- Demonstrates initiative, flexibility and responsibility indicative of professional expectation with a minimum of supervision.
- Triage patients safely, rapidly and accurately.
- Determines priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs, as well as factors influencing patient flow through the department.
- Communicate with the physicians about changes in patient's status, symptomatology and results of diagnostic studies.
- Respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
- Demonstrate the ability to use equipment specific to the Emergency Department.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
