Registered Nurse -Emergency Department - Nights

Overview

• Walworth Campus Emergency Department is an 11 bed, 2 trauma Bed Emergency Department and Urgent Care
• This campus has applied for level 4 trauma designation
• We are an acute stroke ready hospital
• 24/7 Hospitalist and Emergency physicians in house
• 24/7 leadership, shift coordinators and resource nurses on site
• This position offers a sign on bonus for a two year commitment.

In select departments, RN Residency is a requirement if you are a new nurse with less 1 year of nursing experience and is also available to nurses that are new to the hospital setting. Our program is designed to help you be more successful and have support in your first year of nursing.

The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to patients in a clinical setting, supporting the Mercyhealth nursing mission, practice values and strategic plan. May include variable shifts, weekends, holiday and or on‑call hours. Performs other duties as assigned including floating to various units based on identified needs and clinical competency.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws practice act.
• Documents according to standards of care.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care.
• Develops, initiates, and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by Physician and or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.
• Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units' departments in support of the patient's longitudinal plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.
• Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions and peer review process.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred.
• May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines)

• Licensed as an RN in state of practice
• Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days
• Other certification(s) per unit requirements. For example : ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP

• Passing the Driver's License Check and or Credit Check (for those positions requiring).
• Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and or IL Health Care Workers Background Check.
• Must be able to follow written or oral instructions.

May include color blind test (per department guidelines)

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

All partners in the specified job classification have occupational exposure.

Neonate (birth - 28 days):
Yes

Infant (29 days - less than 1 year):
Yes

Adolescent (13 years - 17 years):
Yes

Adult (18 years - 64 years):
Yes

Children (1 year - 12 years):
Yes

Geriatric (65 years and older):
Yes

Partner may access patient care information needed to perform their job duties.

Partners, physicians, patients' family, visitors, vendors

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. RN Hospital, RN Home Health and Hospice, RN Oncology:
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust…