Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Position: Registered Nurse Emergency Department *$10,000 Sign on Bonus!
Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

We are a 26-bed department level 1 Trauma Center, Accredited Chest Pain and Stroke Center. We are a very busy Emergency Department that serves the Billings and outlying communities from as far east as the Dakotas and South into Wyoming. We have a dedicated Help flight team as well as an EMS ground crew. Our typical nurse to patient ratio is 4:1.

We pride ourselves on our collaborative team approach which extends to the Emergency Providers and allows us to provide the highest quality care to our community. Our ED has a unique culture where you will feel welcomed and supported creating an emergency family setting that delivers top quality care to our community. If you have a desire to be a part of an Elite team of Emergency Nurses, please apply or reach out to our Recruiters for more information on how you can join our ED Family.

Position Details

· Benefits Eligible:
Yes

· Shift Details:
Full time, 36 hours/week, night shift

· Department:
Emergency Department

· Primary

Location:

St Vincent Regional Hospital

· Additional Details:
Licensed RN experience in an Emergency Department and/or high acuity setting preferred. One year of licensed RN experience required. $10,000 sign on bonus

Essential Functions

• Assess:
Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.

• Plan:
Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).

• Implement:
Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.

• Evaluate:
Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.

• Professionalism:
Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills

• Patient Care Delivery

• Nursing Fundamentals

• Interdisciplinary Teams

• Documentations

• Professional Etiquette

• Accountability

• Patient Care Coordination

• Communication

• Patient Evaluation

• Critical Thinking

Physical Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.

• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

* Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held…