Registered Nurse, Emergency Room

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $34.39 - $61.91

Schedule Details: Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Third Weekend

Scheduled

Hours:

7p-7a

Shift: 3 - Night Shift, 12 Hours (United States of America)

Hours: 36

Cost Center: 25082 - 2340 Emergency Room

This position may have a signing bonus available; a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver. At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver—regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence, and leading‑edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community, and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

• Utilize the Nursing Process for the delivery and management of patient's care from Admission to Discharge, appropriate to the developmental age of the patient population.
• Perform patient assessment/reassessment according to standard procedure.
• Develop and coordinate individual plan of care including discharge planning.
• Direct, supervise, coordinate and evaluate nursing care within assigned clinical setting.
• Delegate appropriately to others in accordance with job description and competency level.
• Document patient care according to standard procedure.
• Develop, implement/coordinate and document Education Plan for patient/family/ significant other.
• Ensure quality and continuity of care through collaboration with other health care providers.
• Administer medications, perform treatments, therapies and operate equipment according to policy and procedure. Assist physician with treatment and procedures and special tests as required or directed.
• Participate in and support Nursing Governance activities.
• Assume responsibility for professional growth. Assist in education and development of staff.
• Participate in performance improvement initiatives and demonstrate the use of quality improvement in daily operations.

• Comply with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Attend variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrate use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Comply with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respect diverse views and approaches, demonstrate Standards of Respect, and contribute to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintain regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Perform other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

• Current Massachusetts licensure and registration.
• Completion of an accredited school of nursing program.
• BLS is a requirement for every RN unless ACLS certification is current, in addition to any unit specific certifications and competencies.

• Thorough knowledge of the discipline of Nursing.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department‑specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

Work is considered medium. Position requires work indoors in a normal patient care environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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