STAFF NURSE

SIGNATURECARE EMERGENCY CENTER MASTER•Garland, NC

8d•$42 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is a licensed professional responsible for maintaining the standards of the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners. The RN assesses, organizes, modifies, evaluates, documents, and maintains plans of care for Emergency Department patients while supporting quality, cost-effectiveness, and guest relations. Care is individualized, holistic, family-centered, and safe, and covers infants, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. The RN maintains a safe therapeutic environment. This role is based at SignatureCare Emergency Center Garland in Garland, Texas, and is part-time. The position works in a fast-paced emergency room and may require work on holidays and weekends as needed.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing or higher.
Current Texas Registered Nurse license.
At least 2 years of emergency room experience.
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS or ENPC.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Flexibility and a service-oriented approach.
Problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities, including the ability to intervene immediately and recognize changing conditions that may require additional assistance.
Ability to perform the physical duties of the role, including frequent standing, walking, and sitting and occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; must use proper body mechanics and ask for assistance when needed.
Must submit to random drug screenings.

Nice To Haves

TNCC certification preferred but not required.
CEN certification preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Assess, organize, modify, evaluate, document, and maintain patient plans of care.
Accurately assess patient acuity and assign appropriate triage levels.
Identify and prioritize patient needs and address them in an organized, timely manner.
Collaborate with physicians to provide appropriate plans of care.
Provide high-quality, compassionate care and anticipate patient needs.
Help solve unit problems and improve processes and patient flow.
Oversee patient care and coordinate diagnostic tests and treatments to support timely care and movement through the Emergency Department.
Promote patient safety and maintain a safe therapeutic environment.
Adapt work duties to changes in patient volume.
Maintain positive, professional relationships with nursing units and ancillary staff.
Perform laboratory point-of-care and other CLIA-waived testing approved by the Laboratory Director.
Follow up on send-out laboratory specimens, document accurately, and notify physicians.
Document narcotic inventory accurately and report discrepancies to the Nurse Manager immediately.
Perform daily laboratory and equipment quality-assurance checks.
Perform follow-up phone calls.
Maintain the facility in clean working order in accordance with OSHA and report equipment failures or deficiencies to the Nurse Manager.
Protect patient confidentiality and document accurately in patient charts.
Delegate appropriately to the Radiology Technician, Registration Clerk, and EMT-Paramedic.
Monitor supplies each shift and report shortages.
Review company emails throughout every shift.
Accurately document incidents and report them to the Nurse Manager and physician on duty.
Use biohazard containers correctly and empty sharps containers safely and promptly.
Demonstrate required competencies, age-specific knowledge, technical skills, critical thinking, teamwork, and use of the nursing process.
Complete mandatory education and comply with hospital policies, procedures, and patient-safety initiatives.
Meet mutually agreed-upon performance goals and objectives.