Registered Nurse, RN - Emergency Department, ED

Tufts Medicine•Boston, MA

22h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in the Emergency Department, managing patient care from admission through discharge. The nurse uses the nursing process and evidence-based or best-practice standards to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient- and family-centered care, and serves as a patient and family advocate. The role requires knowledge of current healthcare trends, including technology, pharmacology, treatment modalities, quality, and patient safety, and involves collaboration with patients, families, and interdisciplinary care providers. Tufts Medical Center’s Emergency Department operates 24/7/365 and cares for more than 50,000 adult and pediatric patients annually. It includes a Level I Adult Trauma Center, Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, Pediatric Room, and Express Care Center. The position is listed as day/night rotating and 40 hours per week. The nurse may assume charge nurse functions in collaboration with unit leadership and may direct or delegate work within the care team.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse (RN) license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Department- and care-relevant certifications, such as ACLS or PALS, may be required.
Skills and knowledge to provide care throughout the life span, taking aging processes, developmental stages, and cultural patterns into account.
Ability to care for a designated patient group according to unit guidelines and hospital policies, procedures, and protocols.
Knowledge of growth and development, ability to interpret age-specific data and responses to care, and ability to provide age-appropriate communication.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Specialty nursing certifications.

Responsibilities

Partner with patients and families to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate age-appropriate care using theoretical and evidence-based knowledge.
Collaborate with patients, families, and other disciplines to identify expected outcomes and cultural needs and develop an appropriate care plan.
Develop individualized outcomes-based care plans, validate the plan for each shift, facilitate patient/family meetings, and coordinate discharge planning using unit and community resources.
Implement care plans safely and promptly; document implementation, modifications, treatments, procedures, and patient responses according to hospital and regulatory requirements.
Evaluate the effectiveness of care strategies and update the plan according to patient responses and outcomes.
Apply critical thinking and nursing judgment to provide evidence-based, culturally sensitive, age-appropriate care and implement nursing interventions and procedures.
Perform procedures and treatments according to unit guidelines and professional standards.
Administer medications safely and assess patient responses using pharmacological knowledge and hospital and department standards.
Maintain clinical competency with technology and use equipment safely.
Advocate for and educate patients and families.
Provide high-quality, efficient, and safe care, using data trends to improve clinical practice.
Participate in patient-safety, quality, and performance-improvement activities, including data collection, analysis, and evaluation.
Promote quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and patient and family satisfaction.
Foster collaborative relationships across disciplines and departments, including participation in nursing, physician, and case-management rounds.
Delegate responsibilities with consideration of others’ roles, knowledge, and capabilities.
Promote service excellence, respectful working relationships, a safe therapeutic environment, cultural awareness, and responsible use of resources.
Participate in professional development and lifelong learning, maintain licensure and clinical competence, pursue education and certification opportunities, and support evidence-based practice and shared governance.
Precept and mentor newly hired staff and nursing students as appropriate.
May perform charge nurse functions in collaboration with unit leadership.
Support effective communication, professional conduct, staff meeting participation, and awareness of unit and hospital information.