RN - Emergency Dept, Evenings

Piedmont Healthcare Inc.•Snellville, GA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Piedmont Eastside Medical Center is hiring a full-time Emergency Department registered nurse for its 38-bed department in Snellville, Georgia. The department sees an average of 160 patients daily with varying acuities and is a primary Stroke and STEMI receiving facility able to intervene and administer thrombolytics. Two helicopter pads are available on campus. Patients are assigned to one of five pods based on acuity, including a Behavioral Health Pod. Nurses collaborate with charge nurses, ED flow coordinators, paramedics, ED technicians, PCTs, mental health technicians, unit secretaries, and ED providers to deliver care. The staff nurse provides nursing care to patients from birth through the lifecycle, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The nurse works within organizational policies and procedures, maintains professional growth and accountability, upholds standards of practice, and coordinates assigned staff’s patient-care activities to support quality care. The role is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and requires every-other-weekend work. All staff working in the unit must have BLS. RNs must have ACLS and PALS; NIH certification is highly preferred and must be obtained within the allotted timeframe. RNs new to the specialty have six months to complete applicable certifications; experienced Emergency Department nurses have six months to obtain PALS.

Requirements

Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
Current Georgia Registered Nurse license or NLC/eNLC multistate license.
Basic Life Support (BLS/BCLS) certification.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) are required for Emergency Department RNs.
New graduates of a nursing program are eligible; no experience is required.
Demonstrated leadership, communication, initiative, and independent judgment skills.
Ability to handle stressful environments.
RNs new to the specialty must complete applicable certifications within six months of their start date; experienced Emergency Department nurses have six months to obtain PALS.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Nursing experience in a hospital setting.
Demonstrated clinical competency in the specialty area.
NIH certification is highly preferred; it must be obtained within the allotted timeframe.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, including collecting information about physical and psychosocial status and health history.
Evaluate patients’ developmental age when conducting assessments and treatments and providing patient and family education.
Organize patient data into a plan of care, identify additional information needed, make care decisions based on identified needs, and identify expected outcomes.
Carry out the plan of care to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Provide care appropriate to the setting, identified needs, plan of care, and severity of the patient’s condition or impairment.
Oversee activities of ancillary and support team members.
Identify teaching opportunities and provide resources to help patients achieve educational goals.
Communicate issues and concerns to the charge nurse, clinical manager, or physician as appropriate.
Document patient care and concerns in the patient record.
Maintain standards of practice, professional growth, and accountability, and coordinate assigned staff’s patient-care activities.