RN - Emergency Department (Full Time), St. Vincent

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

16h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The role is based in St. Vincent Hospital’s 39-bed adult and pediatric emergency department, which provides comprehensive care, including a dedicated behavioral health area. The department is a certified stroke and cardiac center and has in-department CT and X-ray imaging, along with a front-end and triage process intended to prioritize timely, definitive care. The Registered Nurse provides leadership in professional practice, collaborates with an interdisciplinary team, supports patient safety and quality initiatives, and delivers compassionate, patient- and family-centered care. Nurses may accept assignments outside their primary unit and perform duties within their individual competencies.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

Certification in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and the skill level of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when performing a charge role.
Consider patient safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning or delegating work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care or health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives, ensuring appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate assigned LPNs within their scope of practice, as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care according to individual needs, prescriptions, and hospital policy, including the needs of patients and families.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families against norms when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify the physician and/or supervisor, intervene appropriately, and document accordingly.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue continuous learning, use current research and evidence to develop clinical and professional skills, and participate in professional organizations and systematic peer review.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines and use effective time management to complete duties within the established work shift.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
Promote compassionate, patient- and family-centered communication and assess and attempt to resolve patient and family concerns.
Comply with ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA, information security requirements, and the Code of Business Conduct.