RN - Emergency Services

Coshocton Regional Medical Center • Coshocton, OH

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and provides direct patient care within the scope of practice. The RN directs and guides patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining professional nursing care standards in Telemetry. The RN is directly responsible and accountable for the care of patients in the Emergency Department. The role includes communicating changes in a patient’s clinical condition, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to the physician, and responding quickly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response. The RN must know EMTALA regulations and procedures for reporting child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker, and must maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

Coshocton Regional Medical Center is a 56-bed, not-for-profit hospital serving East Central Ohio. It provides 24-hour emergency and acute care services, including hospital-based physician clinics, and is an Accredited Chest Pain and Heart Failure Center.

Requirements

• Current and valid state RN license.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
• Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
• Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
• Minimum of one year of experience as a staff RN in an acute care hospital setting.
• For Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC): completion within 12 months of hire is required.

Nice To Haves

• Emergency Room setting experience is preferred.
• Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) is preferred.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
• At Paramedic Base Station ED facilities: MICN within 12 months of hire and maintain current.
• At EDAP-certified facilities: completion of Emergency Pediatric Course 1 and 2 within 6 months of hire.
• At non-OB facilities: NRP certificate within 90 days of hire and maintain current.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
• Direct and guide patient and family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel.
• Maintain professional nursing care standards in Telemetry.
• Take direct responsibility and accountability for the care of Emergency Department patients.
• Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
• Know EMTALA regulations and report child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed