RN Meal Relief Resource ER Dept

HCA Healthcare•Thousand Oaks, CA

About The Position

The Resource Registered Nurse serving the Emergency Room is a professional practitioner who assumes responsibility and accountability for applying the nursing process and delivering patient care while relieving other licensed nurses during meal and break periods. The nurse provides information and problem-solving support to staff to promptly resolve patient-care issues, and develops, implements, and modifies patients’ plans of care based on their progress. The role includes documenting interventions, outcomes, patient care, and patient responses; applying knowledge of disease processes, treatments, interventions, and responses in light of patients’ ages and individual needs or conditions; reviewing physician orders and accurately transcribing them to the medication administration record; initiating STAT orders immediately; and collaborating with the health care team and patients’ families or significant others on assessment, reporting, transfer coordination, and discharge planning and readiness.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Professional Nursing.
Current Registered Nurse license issued by the State of California Board of Nurse Examiners.
At least 2 years of acute-care hospital RN experience in the Emergency Department.
Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS, TNCC, and ENPC/EDAP certifications.

Nice To Haves

MICN certification.

Responsibilities

Document interventions, outcomes, patient care, and patient responses.
Provide information and problem-solving support to staff to promptly resolve patient-care problems.
Develop, implement, and modify patients’ plans of care according to their progress.
Apply knowledge of disease processes, treatments, interventions, and responses based on age specificity and each patient’s needs, condition, impairment, or disability.
Review physician orders and accurately transcribe them to the medication administration record (MAR).
Initiate STAT orders immediately.
Assess, collaborate, report, and coordinate patients’ transfer or discharge planning needs and readiness with the health care team and the patient’s family or significant other.
Relieve other licensed nurses during meal and break periods while delivering Emergency Room patient care.

Benefits

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine coverage.
Free counseling and referral services.
Paid time off and paid family leave; long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and flexible spending accounts.
Preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.