Staff Nurse - Emergency Dept. (ED)
About The Position
The Staff Nurse in the Emergency Department maintains standards of professional nursing practice and coordinates total nursing care for patients, taking their specific age needs into consideration. The nurse provides leadership by working cooperatively with other health care professionals. The position may require assuming the Charge Nurse role and requires willingness to rotate shifts and units. The role is based at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus Medical Center. The listed shift runs from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. The position may float, rotate, and be on call, and includes weekend and holiday work.
Requirements
- Active RN licensure in the State of Ohio.
- BLS certification.
- Accuracy, integrity, flexibility, punctuality, and dependability.
- Organizational, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to work with self-direction and effectively under minimal supervision.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and group facilitation skills.
- Demonstrated ability in conflict negotiation and ability to exercise diplomacy and tact in potentially volatile situations.
- Visual acuity of 20/20 or corrected to 20/20, including color vision when applicable.
- Ability to hear, with or without aides, and ability to communicate orally.
- Good manual dexterity.
- Ability to push, pull, roll, and transfer or lift 50 pounds occasionally.
- Ability to stand and walk frequently.
- Ability to bend, reach, stoop, and kneel frequently.
- Ability to perform CPR.
Responsibilities
- Maintain standards of professional nursing practice.
- Coordinate total nursing care for patients with consideration of their specific age needs.
- Provide leadership by working cooperatively with other health care professionals.
- Be willing to rotate shifts and units.
- Assume the Charge Nurse role when required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
