Registered Nurse Emergency Department PRN FSED

Job Summary

The Emergency Department nurse assists in providing total care of the patient before, during, and after treatment. This includes physical, emotional, spiritual, and cultural support, as well as the provision of necessary equipment and supplies for all emergency procedures. Nurses are expected to triage according to the Emergency Nursing Association triage category systems and maintain excellent assessment and reassessment to determine the response to medications and treatments.

Essential Functions

• Incorporates appropriate assessments and intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care
• Communicates with patients, team members, and management in an accurate, timely manner
• Documents in a complete, timely manner; appropriately uses computer charting/ordering
• Applies critical thinking skills and considers alternatives
• Organizes multitask workload, prioritizes tasks, organizes/delivers care for multiple patient assignments
• Develops and maintains human care relationships
• Acknowledges the impact illness/hospitalization has on patients and families; adapts care management for diverse populations and environments; advocates for needs of clients; provides care in an ethical and legal manner
• Recognizes the importance of teamwork among care providers
• Acknowledges limits of experience and capability and requests assistance appropriately
• Versatile in verbalizing scope of practice for self and others, delegating and assigning care, coordinating care within multi-disciplinary team
• Provides information to patient, assesses for barriers to learning, uses colleagues as a resource as appropriate, provides counseling about health behaviors
• Applies knowledge of the patient populations served within unit; provides age-appropriate care, applies knowledge of expected norms in planning care (i.e. VS, lab values, assessment, etc.), applies new data to improve care
• Demonstrates the unit-specific skills required for assigned role and service area
• Maintains required competencies based on high-risk/low-volume/problem-prone areas
• Promotes internal and external customer satisfaction
• Works as scheduled and is compliant with Attendance and Tardiness Policy
• Daily operations of POCT. Includes but is not limited to: decision making, response to problems, error identification and corrective action
• Performs quality control and maintenance on laboratory analyzers and POCT
• Performs laboratory testing and POCT applicable to the FSED
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI)
• TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Course)
• Registered Nurse (RN) state of NH; or valid compact state licensure
• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required; BSN preferred
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) or PALS
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) or PALS
• Minimum 2 years critical care nursing experience

Benefits

Parkland Medical Center offers a comprehensive benefits package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. This includes:

• 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, and flexible spending accounts
• 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

About Parkland Medical Center

Parkland Medical Center is an 86-bed regional acute-care hospital and a designated Level III Trauma Center. Located in Derry, NH, Parkland is connected to Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, and more than 70 care sites across New Hampshire. Parkland is part of HCA Healthcare's trusted network, offering a supportive, team-oriented environment where your contributions are valued and your growth is encouraged.