Emergency Room Registered Nurse

About the Role

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."

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient pain regularly to promote effective pain management, including reassessments after appropriate intervention.
• Performs procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by the medical provider(s).
• Documents the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
• Performs exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests and striving to anticipate and resolve patient needs proactively.
• Teaches patients/families/caregivers about patient medical condition, patient status, treatment plan, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures, translating complex medical terminology to ensure complete understanding.
• Teaches patients/families/caregivers about non-medicinal follow-up measures, such as healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes, preparing them for future self-management.

Qualifications

• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or ACLS Instructor must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) or BCLS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or PALS Instructor must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.

Skills

• Registered Nurse (RN) with Associate Degree.

Benefits

• 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.

Medical City Plano, a 600+ bed acute care hospital, provides Plano and Collin County with advanced healthcare services. With over 2,000 employees and 1,400 physicians on staff, we offer specialized programs in cancer treatment, cardiovascular care, bariatric surgery, wound care, inpatient rehabilitation, and women's and children's services, including a Level 3 neonatal intensive-care unit. We are proud to be the first hospital in Dallas, Collin, or Denton counties to be named a Comprehensive Stroke Center and the first Level I Trauma Center in Collin County.