RN - Emergency Department - .6 Nights

Sky Lakes Medical Center•Klamath Falls, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN - Emergency Department position requires maintaining an in-depth knowledge of nursing principles, practices, standards, and techniques, applying this knowledge in accordance with Sky Lakes policies and procedures, and within the laws and regulations governing nursing practice in the State of Oregon. The role involves overall responsibility for patient care in the ED, functioning as a care manager/caregiver by assessing patient conditions and needs, developing care plans with defined outcomes, and implementing nursing actions to meet patients' physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and intellectual needs. The position promotes healing by maintaining a peaceful, orderly, and clean environment. Responsibilities include assigning and supervising patient care tasks to team members, evaluating and redirecting care and staff assignments based on patient needs and staffing activity, identifying and communicating unit staffing needs according to the Nursing Department staffing matrix, patient acuity, and professional judgment, and reporting inadequate staffing to management. The role also involves evaluating patient progress, ensuring effective and efficient nursing care, carrying out the medical regime as prescribed by the physician in collaboration with other disciplines, and maintaining quality and efficiency standards while making recommendations for improvements. Additionally, the position participates in facilitating patients' and families' learning for discharge preparation, reinforces continued health care through teaching and referrals, maintains awareness of legal aspects of nursing and documentation within the Registered Nurse's scope of practice, and reports performance issues or misconduct by supervised non-RNs to Nursing Management. Ongoing education to hospital staff regarding patient care is provided through in-services and individual orientation. Attending departmental and other meetings as requested by the supervisor is also required. A thorough knowledge and competency of emergency nursing principles, practice, protocols, and procedures are essential, with application in accordance with Sky Lakes Emergency Department Standards of Care. The role may involve assuming department-specific charge nurse responsibilities when accepting the charge nurse differential.

Requirements

Basic nursing skills
Must be willing to work varied hours with flexible schedules and every other weekend.
Must have high school diploma or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Basic knowledge of psychosocial concepts and problem-solving skills
Appropriate Emergency Services/Critical Care practice experience (in past three years).

Responsibilities

Maintains an in-depth knowledge of nursing principles, practices, standards and techniques, and applies this knowledge in accordance with Sky Lakes policies and procedures and within laws and regulations governing nursing practice in the State of Oregon.
Maintains overall responsibility for patient care in the ED.
Functions as a care manager/caregiver by assessing the patient’s condition and nursing needs; demonstrates patients plan of care by setting outcomes; implements appropriate nursing actions to meet the patient’s physical, emotional, spiritual, social and intellectual needs.
Promotes healing by maintaining a peaceful, orderly, and clean environment.
Assigns and supervises patient care tasks to team members within respective practice parameters.
Evaluates/ corrects/ directs/ redirects care and assignment of staff as patient needs, and outcome, and staffing activity dictate.
Has responsibility to identify and communicate unit staffing needs as per Nursing Department staffing matrix, patient acuity and professional judgment and to report valid inadequate staffing to management.
Follow up by evaluating patient’s progress.
Ensures nursing care is accomplished effectively and efficiently and that the medical regime for each patient is carried out as prescribed by the physician in collaboration with other disciplines.
Maintains quality and efficiency standards as set by the immediate supervisor and makes recommendations for improvements.
Participates with health care team members in facilitating patients and families learning throughout the hospital experience in preparation for discharge.
Reinforces patients continued health care through teaching and/or referral to case management/social services for community agency follow-up.
Maintains a constant awareness of the legal aspects of nursing and demonstrates his/her decisions and documentation regarding patient care within the Registered Nurses scope of practice.
Reports to Nursing Management any work performance problems, policy violations, or misconduct by non RN’s supervised on unit.
Provides ongoing education to hospital staff regarding patient care in the form of in-services and individual orientation to the philosophy of health care and health care procedures.
Attends departmental and other meetings as requested by the immediate supervisor and is accountable for the information given.
Maintains an in-depth knowledge/competency of emergency nursing principles, practice, protocols, and procedures and applies this knowledge and skill in accordance with Sky Lakes Emergency Department Standards of Care.
Will assume department specific change nurse roles and responsibilities when accepting the charge nurse differential.
Performs other duties as assigned.