Registered Nurse (RN) - Nights Weekend Package

Job Title

Under limited supervision, provides, plans, directs, and evaluates total nursing care and functions in the Emergency Department.

Educational/Experience Requirements

Required:

• Current Iowa licensure as a Registered Nurse
• Healthcare Provider BLS
• ACLS, PALS, TNCC
• Mandatory Abuse Reporter Certification
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English well

Brief Description of Job:

Under limited supervision, provides, plans, directs, and evaluates total nursing care and functions in the Emergency Department. Relates effectively with other shifts for continuity of care; maintains satisfactory relations with other departments; participates in all phases of education, maintenance of records, and upgrading of policies, procedures, and skills.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to maintain confidentiality; and both a high standard of courtesy and cooperation in dealing with co-workers, patients, and visitors, and satisfactory job performance despite the stress of a hospital work environment.
• Incorporates Mission, Vision, and Core Values into department, and ensures departmental employees and self adhere to these.
• Wears appropriate apparel for the position and displays nametag upon such apparel.
• Regular and predictable work attendance.
• Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit, including giving direct patient care.
• Utilizes gathered data in determining priorities for patients' physical, psychological, educational and discharge needs in formulating the plan of care.
• Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution.
• Creates a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of coworkers.
• Administers medications and intravenous solutions skillfully and correctly.
• Maintains the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting.
• Arranges to have needed supplies and equipment on hand.
• Participates in planning changes and improvements.
• Carries out nursing interventions safely and accurately utilizing knowledge, judgment and skill to implement physicians' orders and the nursing plan of care.
• Evaluates patient/family responses to implementation of the plan of care and modifies plan of care based on these responses.
• Provides assistance to Med-Surg and other department of facility as needed including but not limited to direct patient care, STAT orders, administration of medications, etc.
• Prioritizes workload.
• Performs documentation accurately, concisely and in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills.
• Supports and enforces infection control policies and procedures.
• Is resourceful and calm in emergencies.
• Participates in orientation and in-service training for personnel.
• Displays concern and initiative.
• Observes and supports hospital policies.
• Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, patients, and visitors.
• Effectively assumes job responsibilities of ancillary support during absences.
• Works rotating shifts, weekends and holidays as scheduled.
• Attend meetings and in-services as required.
• Other duties as assigned.