- Benefits Eligible: Yes
- Shift Details: Full time, 36 hours/week, variable shifts
- Department: Emergency Department
- Primary
- Additional Details: Licensed RN experience in an Emergency Department and/or high acuity setting preferred. One year of licensed RN experience required.
Registered Nurse Emergency Department - St George, United States - Intermountain Health
Description
Job Description:
The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients.
The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.
The Emergency Department is a 39-bed unit that specializes in Emergency Care. We are a Level 2 Trauma Center and have a large catchment area that serves the surrounding community. Our typical nurse to patient ratio is 1:3, with 1:1 nursing for the more critical patients. Critical Care Tech's work alongside the bedside nurses in caring for all the patients. In addition to typical RN duties, they are trained to insert Foleys, IV's and EKG's. The ED has a strong team approach where you will feel welcomed and supported.Position Details
Location:
St George Regional Hospital
Assess:
Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative and developmental skills as appropriate).
Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
Plan:
Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care.
Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education.
Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
Implement:
Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination and collaboration as appropriate.
Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions.
Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
Evaluate:
Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family satisfaction.
Revises plan of care as indicated, and reassesses changes as appropriate.
Professionalism:
Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.
Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice: complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.
Current RN License in state of practice.
and -Basic Life Support (BLS)
and -Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
and -Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
(Applicants must either have required additional certifications (e.g. ACLS, PALs, NRP) upon hire or must obtain them within a specified timeframe determined by service line and department guidelines.)
and -Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
and -Basic computer skills.
and-RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within five years of their start date.
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Physical Requirements:
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
and -Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
and -Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
and -Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
and -May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
Anticipated job posting close date:
05/13/2024
Location:
St George Regional Hospital
Work City:
St George
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$ $49.25
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