Emergency Room Nurse Weekends
About the Role
At TriStar Summit Medical Center, you’ll find clear pathways to advance backed by our unmatched nationwide transfer policy that lets you grow your career when the time is right for you. With mentorship opportunities, clinical education courses, professional certification support, and educational assistance, you will have all the resources needed to build a fulfilling career in patient care.
The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the nature and specific requirements of the department, consistent with the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. In collaboration with medical providers and other members of the care team, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN serves as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers while modeling a commitment to the organization’s vision, mission, and values to support an unparalleled patient experience and clinical outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Assess patient pain regularly to promote effective pain management, including reassessments after appropriate intervention.
- Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by medical provider(s).
- Document the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
- Respond promptly to patient requests and strive to anticipate and proactively resolve patient needs.
- Teach patients, families, and caregivers about patient medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications, possible side effects, and follow-up measures, translating complex medical terminology for complete understanding.
- Educate patients, families, and caregivers on non-medicinal follow-up measures such as healthy diet, exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
- Prepare patients and families for future self-management.
Requirements
- 1+ years of ER RN experience required.
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure.
- Associate Degree.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date.
Benefits
TriStar Summit Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
About the Facility
TriStar Summit is a 230+ bed comprehensive facility serving Davidson, Wilson, and surrounding counties. Services include:
- A Level III Trauma Center.
- A full array of acute care services, including cardiology, oncology, orthopaedics/spine, rehabilitation, and women’s services.
- Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI.
- Primary Stroke Center.
- A leading provider of emergency heart and stroke care.