RN Registered Nurse Emergency Room PRN

HCA Healthcare•Tampa, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the department’s requirements and the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Working with medical providers and other care-team members, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN advocates for patients and their families or caregivers and supports the organization’s mission, patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance. The position is at HCA Florida Central Tampa Freestanding ER in Tampa, Florida. The RN assesses and reassesses pain, performs provider-ordered procedures and monitoring, and documents care promptly and thoroughly. The RN responds to patient requests, anticipates needs, and teaches patients and families about conditions, status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, follow-up measures, and lifestyle changes. The RN translates medical terminology into language patients can understand and prepares them for future self-management.

Requirements

Licensed as a Florida Registered Nurse under state regulations or holding appropriate compact licensure; compact-licensed nurses must obtain an active Florida RN license within 60 days of hire.
Nursing Diploma or Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN).
At least one year of prior emergency room RN experience.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within six months of hire or transfer.
Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) certification within six months of hire or transfer.
Current NIHSS, TNCC, and CPI training; new hires and transferring employees must obtain these within a six-month grace period.
Critical-thinking, service-excellence, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to read and comprehend written instructions and follow verbal instructions.
PC skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
National Board Certification such as CEN or CPEN.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered, individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate nursing care in collaboration with medical providers and other care-team members.
Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers and support a positive patient experience and clinical outcomes.
Assess patient pain regularly and reassess after appropriate interventions.
Perform procedures, monitoring, and other functions as ordered by medical providers.
Document care administration promptly and thoroughly in the patient medical record.
Respond promptly to patient requests, anticipate patient needs, and resolve them proactively.
Teach patients, families, and caregivers about the patient’s condition, status, treatment plan, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures.
Explain complex medical terminology in a way patients and caregivers can understand.
Teach non-medicinal follow-up measures, such as healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
Prepare patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.

Benefits

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine plans.
Wellbeing support, including 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.