Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - FT 0.9 (72 hrs biweekly) (73516)

Memorial Health System • Marietta, OH

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in an environment of continuous quality improvement and directs and guides patient teaching and ancillary personnel activities. The nurse follows Memorial Health System’s Standards of Excellence and maintains strict confidentiality. The role includes emergency-department triage and patient care, collaboration with the healthcare team, and coordinating care throughout admission, transfer, and discharge.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse licensure in Ohio, or a West Virginia Registered Nurse license if working in West Virginia.
• BLS certification and annual stroke education certification upon hire.
• ACLS, PALS, and TNCC certifications within one year of employment.
• Maintain compliance in RQI.
• Verbal, clerical, and numerical skills; manual dexterity; color vision; and near visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• ASLS certification preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Participate in bedside shift reports and handoffs, perform hourly rounding, and complete patient assessments and reassessments according to nursing policy.
• Coordinate timely patient and family teaching in preparation for discharge and document it appropriately.
• Implement and monitor nursing interventions, and document assessments, interventions, and outcomes in Meditech within required timeframes.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and collaborate with team members to identify patient needs.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and communicate with physicians using SBAR.
• Manage patient care and delegate appropriately based on patient needs and caregiver skills.
• Use effective interpersonal communication, build respectful and trusting relationships with team members, and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families based on empathy and trust.
• Promote a positive patient experience and seek help from appropriate resources when needed.
• Maintain current knowledge of and practice within hospital policies; clarify unclear healthcare-team communications and use proper channels of authority.
• Triage patients effectively and maintain triage competency.
• Collect data about patients’ physical, psychological, and psychosocial health status; develop and revise plans of care and teaching based on assessed needs and changing diagnoses.
• Perform admission, handoff, transfer, and discharge procedures; coordinate care with the physician’s plan, admission assessment, and discharge needs.
• Use A.I.D.E.T. during all patient interactions.
• Assume other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Benefits

• Affordable, comprehensive benefits package for full-time and flex-time employees.
• Bonus eligibility for qualifying full-time or flex-time employees; eligibility is determined upon offer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed