Registered Nurse (RN) - ER Nights

Job Description:
EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Required:

• Current Iowa licensure as a Registered Nurse

• Healthcare Provider BLS

• ACLS, PALS, TNCC

• Mandatory Abuse Reporter Certification

• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English well
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB

• Under limited supervision, provides, plans, directs, and evaluates total nursing care and functions in the Emergency Department. Relates effectively with other shifts for continuity of care; maintains satisfactory relations with other departments; participates in all phases of education, maintenance of records, and upgrading of policies, procedures, and skills.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ability to maintain confidentiality; and both a high standard of courtesy and cooperation in dealing with co-workers, patients, and visitors, and satisfactory job performance despite the stress of a hospital work environment.

• IncorporatesMission, Vision, and Core Values into department, and ensures departmental employees and self adhere to these.

• Wears appropriate apparel for the position and displays nametag upon such apparel.

• Regular and predictable work attendance.

• Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit, including giving direct patient care.

• Utilizes gathered data in determining priorities for patients' physical, psychological, educational and discharge needs in formulating the plan of care.

• Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution.

• Creates a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of coworkers.

• Administers medications and intravenous solutions skillfully and correctly.

• Maintains the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting.

• Arranges to have needed supplies and equipment on hand.

• Participates in planning changes and improvements.

• Carries out nursing interventions safely and accurately utilizing knowledge, judgment and skill to implement physicians' orders and the nursing plan of care.

• Evaluates patient/family responses to implementation of the plan of care and modifies plan of care based on these responses.

• Provides assistance to Med-Surg and other department of facility as needed including but not limited to direct patient care, STAT orders, administration of medications, etc.

• Prioritizes workload.

• Performs documentation accurately, concisely and in a timely manner.

• Demonstrates effective communication skills.

• Supports and enforces infection control policies and procedures.

• Is resourceful and calm in emergencies.

• Participates in orientation and in-service training for personnel.

• Displays concern and initiative.

• Observes and supports hospital policies.

• Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, patients, and visitors.

• Effectively assumes job responsibilities of ancillary support during absences.

• Works rotating shifts, weekends and holidays as scheduled.

• Attend meetings and in-services as required.

• Other duties as assigned.