Careers: Registered Nurse

Job Responsibilities

The purpose of this position is to perform the primary functions of a nurse in assessing, planning, directing and evaluating patient care in the freestanding emergency room.

Essential Job Functions

• Plan, prioritize and provide proficient, age-specific and developmentally/specialty appropriate nursing care by applying advanced specialty clinical nursing knowledge and skills and for ensuring the comfort and safety of patients/families
• Proficiently and consistently complete accurate, concise and legible documentation on medical records
• Observe and record sign, symptoms and behaviors including the physiological status of patients
• Always maintain patients’ privacy and confidentiality of information and records
• Follows physicians’ orders in the delivery of nursing care
• Collect laboratory samples and perform lab testing in accordance with established policies and procedures as week as COLA and CLIA regulations
• Adhere to required infection control, isolation procedures and aseptic techniques in the delivery of patient care
• Preform admission, discharge and transfer procedures
• Participate in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing care given
• Perform all Quality Assessment activities as assigned and document
• Attend staff meetings or other company sponsored or mandated meetings as required
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Associate’s degree Required, BSN Preferred
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse without sanctions, required.
• 2+ years full time RN experience in ER or other comparable experience required
•  TNCC preferred

Physical RequirementS

• Typical functions of this role include standing, sitting and walking most of the time. There are occasions when kneeling, stooping, bending or reaching may be necessary.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. on a regular basis.  There may be occasions when the employee must be able to move up to 40 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• The noise level in the work environment is usually mild to moderate. Exposure to fumes airborne particles and chemicals and risk of electric shock can occur. Risk of radiation can occur regularly