Resource Nurse RN

Crawford County Clinic•Denison, IA

About The Position

The Resource Nurse RN provides facility-wide coordination and clinical support across the Emergency Department and Medical Unit. The role leads shift-change huddles, coordinates patient flow and staffing, supports high-acuity and emergent care, and flexes between units according to patient census, acuity, admissions, discharges, observations, staffing, and workload. The nurse may take direct patient assignments when clinical or staffing needs require additional support. The position coordinates admissions and patient transfers, works with hospital-based EMS, and ensures required clinical alerts, documentation, notifications, and follow-up processes are completed. It also supports communication, collaboration, continuity of care, and safe operations between the Emergency Department and Medical Unit, escalating clinical or operational concerns to the Administrator on Call or another appropriate leader as needed.

Responsibilities

Lead facility-wide huddles twice daily during shift change.
Coordinate patient flow, staffing assignments, prioritization, and workload in the Emergency Department and Medical Unit throughout the shift.
Provide clinical support during trauma, STEMI, stroke, sepsis, and other high-acuity or emergent events in the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.
Support nursing staff with patient transfers, procedures, IV access, and other skilled nursing needs as appropriate.
Coordinate with hospital-based EMS regarding patient care and patient transfer needs.
Provide break coverage and supplemental clinical support to the Emergency Department and Medical Unit when patient acuity, staffing, and workload safely allow.
Coordinate inpatient admissions and facilitate communication and coordination between the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.
Flex between the Emergency Department and Medical Unit based on patient census, acuity, admissions, discharges, observations, staffing, and workload, prioritizing the area of greatest clinical need.
Assume direct patient care assignments in either unit when staffing needs or patient acuity require additional nursing support.
Coordinate multiple back-to-back patient transfers and assess whether available EMS resources can safely accommodate additional transfers.
Notify and coordinate additional EMS resources when needed to safely facilitate patient transfers.
Verify required trauma, STEMI, stroke, and other clinical alerts are activated according to policy and that required documentation and sign-in processes are completed.
Complete shift reports and critical-event reviews, verifying that required alerts, notifications, and follow-up processes were completed.
Identify and address clinical or operational issues in real time and notify the Administrator on Call or another appropriate leader when needed.
Complete and distribute shift-change reports and other required communications.
Communicate changes in patient acuity, workload, staffing needs, patient flow, and resource requirements to appropriate leaders and staff.
Promote effective communication, collaboration, continuity of care, and safe patient care between the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.
Assist with other clinical duties and responsibilities within the scope of practice based on the needs of the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.