Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

ONA Wage Range: $57.63 to $82.02, dependent on experience. Eligible for CMH employee referral bonus (priority recruitment).

About the role

The Emergency Department Staff Nurse is directly responsible and accountable for the care given to their assigned Emergency patients. This includes assessment of patient needs, including life-threatening emergencies, development of a flexible nursing plan of care, administration and evaluation of nursing care, and supervision of others in the delivery of nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs, including life-threatening emergencies
• Develop and implement a flexible nursing plan of care
• Administer and evaluate nursing care
• Supervise others in the delivery of nursing care

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of nursing principles and procedures
• Knowledge and skills in techniques of patient care
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
• Willingness to flex up for short-term needs such as vacations or illness
• Dependable regarding attendance and self-motivated
• Minimize unplanned work absence

Qualifications

• RN currently licensed with the Oregon State Board of Nursing
• BLS required upon hire through the American Heart Association
• ACLS, PALS/ENPC required (new graduates or employees new to this unit will have six months to complete through the American Heart Association)
• TNCC required within a year of hire in this unit
• CEN preferred

Education and Experience

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Previous satisfactory acute care hospital experience of one year preferred
• Previous satisfactory Emergency Department Care experience relevant to the patient population of this unit or completion of an approved Emergency Department course
• For RNs graduating within the last 12 months, or RNs that have not practiced in an acute care facility within the last 24 months, and have not previously completed a residency program, completion of the CMH-provided Nurse Residency program is required

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Works inside
• Walking and standing much of the time while on duty
• Ability to lift and transfer patients, usually with the assistance of co-workers
• Normal or corrected vision required
• Normal or corrected hearing necessary to distinguish differences in heartbeats, breathing, and monitor alarms
• Manual dexterity required to operate equipment
• Subject to physical and emotional stress of work environment
• Occasional exposure to infectious diseases
• Pushes/pulls loaded adult stretchers, beds, wheelchairs, crash carts, and equipment carts
• Transfers patients to/from cars, stretchers, beds, chairs, and ambulates as necessary
• Tolerates bending, sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling for 8–12 hours (shift dependent)
• Lifts or carries up to 50 lbs

Pay

$57.63 to $82.02 per hour, dependent on experience.