Staff Nurse - Emergency

Provides direct patient care and coordinates patient care-related activities using the scientific process of nursing. Nursing care is given to paediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations in the Emergency Department setting.

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process.
• Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs. Revise the care plan as necessary.
• Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.
• Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
• Performs clerical duties when needed.
• Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others).
• Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.
• Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.
• Ensures completion of unit competencies i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices.
• Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.
• Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic).
• Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.).
• Participates in ongoing educational activities.
• Maintains mandatory educational requirements.
• Performs additional duties when required.

• Ensures patients are prioritized for care through utilization of the unit's triage process.
• Coordinates and communicates with various departments to achieve optimal care for patients.
• Assists new employees during the orientation period when required.
• Ensures implementation of guidelines and new processes in the Emergency Department.
• Performs continual assessment of patients using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) as guidelines.
• Performs TRIAGE in the Emergency Department.
• Identifies complications and deviations from the norm.
• Recognizes emergency situations and demonstrates the necessary skills to intervene in a timely manner.
• Performs nursing interventions/procedures in accordance with established standards of care and policy and procedures of the Emergency Department.
• Performs Emergency Nursing interventions and procedures as required in a timely manner according to patient needs.
• Ensures and maintains a therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
• Assists medical colleagues with diagnostic therapeutic interventions and has full knowledge of assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating the need for such interventions.
• Maintains accurate and thorough documentation following established guidelines.
• Demonstrates prompt but accurate judgment when rendering care to clients in an emergency situation.
• Foresees unpredicted changes in patient dependency and volume of work in the Emergency Department.
• Coordinates and reinforces necessary follow-up care, evaluation and or discharge instructions to patients on discharge from the Emergency Department.
• Evaluates the patient's need for further care and assist them when necessary.
• Floats to other areas within the hospital when required.
• Attends home visits when required.
• Administers medication according to the hospital policy.
• Documents medication administration accurately according to protocol.
• Escalates Infection Control issues, reports and documents as directed…