RN-Emergency

• Shift: Flexible day shift/mid shift. 12 hour shifts, every 4th weekend rotation, holiday rotation
• Area of Interest:
  Nursing
• Sign On Bonus: $10,000
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9
• Department:
  Emergency/Emer & Trauma
• Job

Eligible for $10,000 Sign‑on Bonus. $5/hr Evening Differential. $7.50/hr Night/Weekend Differential. The RN is responsible for safe and reliable patient care, in coordination with the healthcare team. The RN performs the nursing process, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.

• Assumes primary responsibility for the plan of care for a patient or group of patients, per unit standards and nursing care required for the specified patient population.
• Effectively delegates tasks and responsibilities to other health care team members and assumes responsibility for follow‑up and collaboration.
• Performs admission assessment process per specific department standards to include patient history, physical, and psycho‑social assessment.
• Utilizes physical assessment data, diagnostic data (lab, radiology, testing), pharmacological information and patient/family perceptions in formulating nursing diagnosis related to focus problem areas and identifying goals of care.
• Assumes responsibility for developing a plan of care that is mutually established with the patient and family. Each patient is treated as an individual, with their identified goals and expectations reviewed each shift to verify priorities.
• Implements the plan of care according to current standards of nursing practice, evidence‑based practice, and hospital protocol/procedures.
• Integrates multidisciplinary approach to maintain comfort, support human functions and responses, and maintain an environment conducive to safety and well‑being. Implements measures to promote a safe environment.
• Partners with health‑care team to achieve patient‑care outcomes and goals of care.
• Administers medications and nursing treatments within scope of practice.
• Incorporates St. Luke’s Comfort/C.A.R.E. Professional Practice Model in daily nursing care.

• Assesses and selects teaching strategies appropriate to the patient’s and their families’ age‑specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.
• Consults appropriate resources within the hospital to provide specialized education.
• Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
• Integrates patient/family teaching throughout the hospitalization, including the plan and goals of care, pre‑ and post‑operative procedures, diagnostic procedures, and discharge teaching.
• Integrates preventative health maintenance into the education plan.

• Graduate of accredited nursing program
• Possess current RN licensure in the State of Iowa or compact state
• Must possess and maintain current BLS certification
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI)
• Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English
• Multicultural sensitivity
• Demonstrates proficiency in manual skills and techniques required to perform basic/advanced nursing procedures in the administration of medication therapy and operation of specialized equipment
• Ability to complete a basic computer course on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) through in‑hospital training
• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

• Paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and employee recognition program.
• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long‑term disability.
• Pet insurance for family members.
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance.