ER Nurse

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As an ER Nurse at CHI St. Vincent, you will be the first touchpoint to patients during health emergencies. No two days in emergency nursing are ever the same. You’ll react quickly, prioritizing patients based on medical necessity while providing emergency triage. As part of our ER team, you’ll partner with an experienced clinical team to deliver stabilizing care to patients by performing IV starts, foley catheter insertions, or aiding providers with chest tube insertions.

To thrive as an ER nurse, you should exhibit teamwork, professionalism, critical thinking skills, and a willingness to take on additional projects such as patient experience initiatives. More than anything, you should be energetic and motivated to provide quality care to all patients, maintaining their dignity at every step.

• Use emergency triage protocol to intake, discharge or admit patients.
• Deliver stabilizing care to emergency patients of all ages as part of the larger ER team, adapting care to changes in patient’s condition as needed.
• Use knowledge of cultural differences to provide patient care that is sensitive to and consistent with cultural values, beliefs, and customs. Document the nursing care plan and changes in the patient’s condition.
• Engage in other activities that will benefit patient outcomes, such as patient experience initiatives, mentoring, etc.

We offer a sign-on bonus up to $25,000 to hires who meet the eligibility requirements. You also receive additional pay for participation in our clinical ladder, referral bonuses, excellent benefits, tuition reimbursement, and relocation assistance.

• Unencumbered RN license to practice in the State of Arkansas.
• 12 months of acute care experience is required (new graduates or nurses who have never worked in an acute care setting are hired through our residency training program).
• Previous ER experience is preferred, but not required.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 12 months.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire.
• Trauma Nurse Core Course, upon hire.

CHI St. Vincent – Morrilton, Arkansas – part of Common Spirit Health.