RN - Emergency Department

Location

2100 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Clovis, NM

Pay Range:
Minimum Offer $37.80;
Maximum Offer $51.00

Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients during a shift. Responsible for prioritizing the delivery of direct nursing care using time and resources efficiently integrating a standards-based framework model.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (wearable badge for quick help)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

• Act as clinical resource by overseeing patient care delivery, directing and delegating assignments to home health aides and nursing staff based on acuteness and staff capability, anticipating future needs.
• Maintain competency in providing direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult with specialists, adjust nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• Coordinate patient care through collaboration with the patient, family, all other disciplines, primary and secondary physicians and community resources/programs.
• Demonstrate knowledge, philosophy and provide support to patients and their families.
• Ensure patients understand their rights, responsibilities, advanced directives and meaning of informed consent during admission.
• Assess and direct patient and family teaching needs, proficient in use of return demonstration and teaching aids in the home setting.
• Maintain professional responsibility for knowledge of current nursing research, practice standards, guidelines, and protocols; hospital policies, procedures, and programs to improve patient care quality.
• Maintain proficiency in using all equipment used in practice.
• Effectively communicate and assist other members of nursing team and/or other disciplines; participate in problem solving and conflict resolution to maintain team cohesiveness.
• Perform on‑call duties effectively, triage patients over phone and visit when needed.
• Direct own educational needs for top 10 ICD‑9 codes/diagnoses: diabetes, wounds/post‑surgical, arthritis, newborns, Coumadin dependency, malnutrition/nutrition needs, medication instruction, pain and symptom control/hospice care.
• Supervise home health aides in compliance with Medicare/Medicaid rules and regulations.
• Perform other functions as required.

• Degree from an accredited academic nursing program; if under conditional status, approval may be granted by system CNO.
• Minimum ADN preparation.
• State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License required.
• Required certification from AHA, ASHI, or Red Cross.
• BLS required for all RN roles.
• ACLS required in Emergency Department, Critical Care, Cardiovascular Lab, GI Lab, Interventional Radiology, Progressive Care, Surgical Services Pre‑Op and Recovery Room.
• NRP required in Family Birthing Center, Labor and Delivery, Neonatal Intensive Care, Mother/Baby Care.
• PALS required in Children Services, Cardiovascular Lab, Emergency Department, GI Lab, Interventional Radiology, Surgical Services Pre‑Op and Recovery Room.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug‑free and tobacco‑free employer with smoke free campuses.