Registered Nurse - Emergency Department PRN

St. Peter's Health Regional Medical Center • Helena, MT

5h

About The Position

Provides direct and indirect professional nursing care in the Emergency Department with initiative, flexibility, responsibility, and minimal supervision. Rapidly and accurately triages patients, gathers assessment data, prioritizes care, and implements interventions based on physical and psychosocial needs and factors affecting patient flow. Monitors treatment effectiveness and patient responses, coordinates care within a multidisciplinary team, and responds promptly to changes in patient condition or needs. Communicates relevant changes, clinical findings, diagnostic results, and patient-flow information to the care team, including Emergency Department physicians, and documents complete and accurate information about care provided.

The role requires sound assessment, prioritization, and critical-thinking skills; effective clinical judgment; strong interpersonal and customer-service skills; and commitment to teamwork. The nurse must handle multiple tasks and stressful or difficult situations, communicate empathetically and without judgment, remain receptive to feedback and changing assignments, and pursue ongoing professional development. Physical strength, agility, and endurance are needed to lift and move patients and equipment in a fast-paced, changing emergency-care environment.

Requirements

• Graduate of a professional school of nursing.
• Current Montana Registered Nurse license.
• BLS certification required.
• ACLS and PALS qualifications required within six months of hire.
• TNCC required within one year of hire.
• Solid assessment, prioritization, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to apply sound clinical judgment and interventions.
• Interpersonal and communication skills for effective, empathetic, nonjudgmental, service-oriented patient care and customer relations.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, stress, deadlines, difficult situations, and customers.
• Flexibility with scheduling and department assignments.
• Physical strength, agility, and endurance to lift and move patients and equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Emergency nursing experience preferred.
• Critical care experience desirable.
• CEN certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect professional nursing care in the Emergency Department.
• Rapidly and accurately triage patients presenting for emergency care.
• Obtain assessment data, determine care priorities, and implement appropriate interventions based on patient needs and factors affecting patient flow.
• Monitor the effectiveness of interventions and patients’ responses to treatment.
• Coordinate care within the multidisciplinary team.
• Respond promptly to changes in patient condition, treatment response, or additional needs.
• Communicate patient-status changes, clinical findings, diagnostic results, patient needs, and patient-flow information to the care team, including Emergency Department physicians.
• Document pertinent, accurate, and complete information about Emergency Department care provided.
• Complete required education and engage in ongoing professional development.

What This Job Offers

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