ER/Med-Surg RN, FT

About the Role:

Iron County Medical Center has a position opening for a Full Time, Day Shift, ER/Med-Surg RN. Regular work schedule for this position includes rotating weekends.

Responsibilities:

Primary Duties and Responsibilities for this position will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Acknowledge that the patient always comes first and project an attitude of such at all times
• Triage, assess and treat patients who present to ER throughout shift.
• Exhibit leadership in achieving standards of care; collaborate with physicians and other core team members in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized patient care in accordance with documented policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Complete new patient assessments within the designated time delineated in unit standards
• Assess and interpret clinical data collected (lab, x-rays, etc.) regarding the patient and provides timely reports to attending physician and appropriate team members
• Formulates care plan based on assessment data and performs on-going assessments according to unit standards, always documenting appropriately and timely
• Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and professionalism necessary to provide age-appropriate care, as well as principles of physical and psychosocial growth and development over the life span, cultural diversity, and learning needs of the patients assigned to the unit
• Documents, updates, and communicates Plan of Care and any changes of such to Health Care Team (HCT) verbally during the shift and on written daily shift report
• Reports significant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate HCT members, recognizes changes in patient’s physical and mental status and reports such to attending physician and HCT timely and effectively
• Develops and initiates discharge planning process

Skills and Abilities:

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Physical Requirements:

• Current Missouri license to practice as a Registered Nurse (minimum Associate Degree in Nursing)
• Current BLS and ACLS certification
• Must successfully complete generic and department-specific skills, validation, and competency testing for both ER and Med-Surg
• Critical thinking skills a must
• Commitment to continual improvement of nursing skill set through participation in educational opportunities on and off the job
• Must be physically able to walk, stand, sit, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist and turn, push, and pull – sometimes from awkward positions – safely; ability to safely lift items weighing up to 50 lbs. and assist with moving patients up to three hundred pounds; vision, hearing and dexterity skills must be within normal limits
• Effective verbal communication skills a must, including correct and appropriate use of medical terminology
• Cheerful outlook, respectful, courteous, and tactful