RN - Emergency Department

Job Summary:

• Provide competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.
• Reporting to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Essential Duties:

• Education:
  • Participate in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
  • Attend education programs based on identified learning needs.
  • Use patient education materials relevant to patient population.
  • Assess readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers and developmental level of patient.
• Evaluation of Care:
  • Identify expected patient outcomes.
  • Seek guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
  • Participate in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care.
  • Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation:
  • Demonstrate competence in care of patients with complex problems.
  • Perform bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
  • Utilize healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in delivery of care.
  • Organize and prioritize care according to patient/family needs.
• Leadership:
  • Develop goals to promote professional growth.
  • Achieve goals and objectives within identified time frame.
  • Participate in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
  • Promote cost-effective care and give feedback to co-workers.
• Patient Assessment:
  • Recognize data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
  • Include appropriate physical, psychosocial, education, and safety needs.
  • Assess and anticipate discharge needs of individual patients and families.
  • Develop relationships with families to promote advocacy for the patient.
• Planning:
  • Collaborate with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
  • Use available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
  • Address cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
  • Demonstrate ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Research:
  • Read journals that contain studies or articles applicable to practice. Bring ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

• Required:
  • One (1) year of nursing experience.

• Required:
  • Nursing Diploma or ADN/ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.
• Preferred:
  • BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

• Required:
  • Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).

• Shift: Nights (7p-7a)
• FTE: 0.9
• On-Call Required: No
• Weekends Required: Yes; Every Other Weekend
• Holidays Required: Yes; Every Other Holiday