Registered Nurse- Emergency Dept​/Night Shifts

Job Description

• Responsible for direct and indirect patient care, utilizing professional nursing skills and knowledge.
• Provides excellence in customer service and patient/family engagement at all times.
• Perform a head-to-toe assessment on Emergency Department patients.
• Coordinate and supervise patient care.
• Assess and reassess pain, utilizing appropriate pain management techniques.
• Educate the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Interpret results of EKG tests and take appropriate action on EKG test results.
• Know medications and IV fluids and their correct administration based on age of the patient and patient's clinical condition; formulate an individualized plan of care and evaluate its effectiveness.
• Identify physical symptoms and changes and take appropriate action promptly.
• Know cardiac monitoring and can identify dysrhythmias.
• Carry out medical and surgical asepsis during treatments and special procedures.
• Perform EKG testing, point‑of‑care testing, and swabbing per clinical laboratory, as well as phlebotomy.
• Follow Emergency Department’s patient‑care units’ policies and procedures.
• Organize and manage nursing activities, reflecting due consideration for patients’ needs and the needs of the facility and staff.
• Insert intravenous IV catheters.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school. BSN degree required.
• Current NYS registered nurse licensure.
• One year of hospital nursing experience.
• Two years of ED and ICU experience preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• BCLS, ACLS, and PALS certification required.