Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency

Prime Healthcare•San Dimas, CA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and providing direct patient care within the scope of practice. The role directs and guides patient and family education and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining professional nursing care standards. In the Emergency Department, the nurse is directly accountable for patients’ care, communicates clinical changes and diagnostic results to physicians, and responds quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or treatment response. The nurse must understand EMTALA regulations and reporting procedures for child and adult abuse, and maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain it current.
Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain it current.
Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 30 days of hire and maintain it 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 it 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 it current.
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNNC) within 12 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Emergency Department experience preferred.
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care using the nursing process of 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 professional nursing care standards.
Remain directly responsible and accountable for 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 and response to treatment.
Follow EMTALA regulations and reporting procedures for child and adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.