PRN Registered Nurse Days

Ally Medical Management•Liberty Hill, TX

About The Position

Provides professional nursing care for emergency room patients. Triages each patient and determines the priority of care based on the medical complaint or current symptoms. Promotes and restores patients’ health by completing the nursing process in collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. The nurse provides direct patient care, assists physicians with examinations, procedures, diagnostic testing, and treatments, and performs care and interventions ordered by physicians. The role includes assessing and reassessing patients across the general population, including pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients; recognizing and treating life-threatening conditions; administering and documenting medications; reviewing discharge instructions; confirming patient stability before discharge; and maintaining timely, accurate patient records. The role also includes complying with privacy and information security laws, company policies, and procedures; safeguarding access credentials and confidential company and patient data; promptly reporting suspected security or data compromises; and completing annual Information Security Awareness Training. Ally Medical is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skills, passion, and how candidates may enhance the company and its culture.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Two years of registered nurse and/or emergency room nursing experience.
Current RN license in the state of practice.
Current CPR/BLS certification.
Current ACLS certification.
Current PALS certification.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Basic computer knowledge.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds at times.

Responsibilities

Triage patients and determine priority of care based on medical complaints or current symptoms.
Evaluate patients’ complaints or symptoms and report findings to physicians.
Work with physicians during examinations, procedures, diagnostic testing, and treatments.
Perform physician-ordered IV initiation, infusion and therapy, blood draws, cardiac monitoring, pulse oximetry, oxygen application, nebulized treatments, wound cleaning and bandaging, splint application, and basic bedside care.
Recognize and effectively treat life-threatening conditions.
Perform head-to-toe assessments and reassessments for pediatric, adolescent, geriatric, and general patient populations.
Assist physicians with procedures, including laceration repair, procedures requiring moderate sedation, incision and drainage, cardiac arrest, intubation, chest tube insertion, foreign body removal, and care related to live birth or spontaneous abortion of a fetus and tissue.
Record time of death and birth, and assist the Administrator with reporting emergency-room deaths as needed.
Prepare and administer physician-ordered medications and document their administration and related information in the patient medical record.
Review discharge instructions with patients, take and record vital signs before discharge, and ensure patients are stable for discharge.
Document patient care concisely, accurately, completely, and promptly in the appropriate format, and submit documentation to the Front Desk Representative for entry into the patient medical record.
Protect sensitive company and patient information, maintain confidentiality, safeguard access credentials, and comply with information security policies, procedures, and standard operating procedures.
Report suspected data or security compromises, security-related system failures, and other concerns or infractions to management promptly.
Attend annual Information Security Awareness Training.