Registered Nurse

32 hrs/week, 2:45 pm – 11:15 pm

About the role

Landmark Medical Center is a 214-bed acute care hospital in Woonsocket, RI, serving northern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts since 1873. As part of the award-winning Prime Healthcare system, the hospital has earned an “A” patient-safety rating from The Leapfrog Group and multiple Healthgrades awards for patient safety, heart care, and orthopedics.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care using the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide direct patient care within the RN scope of practice in the Telemetry unit.
• Direct and guide patient/family teaching and supervise other nursing personnel while maintaining professional standards.
• Be directly responsible and accountable for care delivered to patients in the Emergency Department.
• Communicate changes in patient clinical condition and diagnostic results to physicians.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition and treatment response.
• Understand and apply EMTALA regulations; report suspected child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Current and valid state RN license.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
• Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
• Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
• Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
• Minimum of one year experience as a staff nurse RN in an acute care hospital setting; Emergency Room experience preferred.
• Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Facility-specific requirements:
  • In Paramedic Base Station ED: MICN within 12 months of hire and maintained thereafter.
  • EDAP-certified facilities: Completion of emergency pediatric course 1 and 2 within 6 months of hire.
  • Non-OB facilities: NRP certificate within 90 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
  • Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) within 12 months of hire required.