Registered Nurse ER

Overview

Registered Nurse ER opportunity at Lee's Summit Medical Center, part of the HCA Healthcare family. Eligible candidates provide patient-centered, high-quality care in the Emergency Department in alignment with department standards and state/specialty requirements.

• Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in the department's required scope and standards.
• Collaborate with medical providers and the care team to offer individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models (Assess, Perform, Teach, Manage).
• Assess patient pain regularly and promote effective pain management, with reassessments after interventions.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by medical providers.
• Document the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
• Respond promptly to patient requests and proactively anticipate and resolve needs.
• Teach patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications, potential side effects, and follow-up measures; translate complex medical terminology for clear understanding.
• Educate on non-medicinal follow-up measures such as healthy diet, exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
• Prepare patients and families for future self-management.

• RN—registered nurse with license appropriate to state requirements.
• NIH Stroke Scale must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date.
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.

Lee's Summit Medical Center offers a total rewards package supporting health, life, career, and retirement, including comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, vision, and behavioral health benefits; wellbeing support; time-away programs; retirement resources; education support; additional benefits for fertility, family building, life insurance, and more. Eligibility varies by location.

An 80+ bed full-service hospital serving Lee’s Summit and surrounding areas with more than 300 physicians across 40+ specialties, plus a team of over 500 colleagues and 60 volunteers. The hospital features services in cardiology, cancer care, emergency services, imaging, neurology, pain management, pulmonology, rehabilitation, women’s care, and surgical services, including a Chest Pain and Primary Stroke Center. Affiliated with HCA Healthcare Midwest.

The organization is recognized for ethical leadership and charitable care stewardship.

If you are seeking an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, apply for our Registered Nurse ER opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.