Registered Nurse (RN) Emergency Services

This position coordinates total nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching, acts as a patient advocate, and works as part of a team with ancillary and non-nursing departments.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient's condition and nursing care needs.
• Sets goals and prescribes appropriate nursing interventions to meet physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of patients.
• Develops individual nursing care plans.
• Implements care plans and makes revisions as needed.
• Evaluates patient care outcomes.
• Collaborates with physicians and other hospital employees.
• Administers medications, treatments, and therapies.
• Communicates with patients and oversees provision of care.
• Provides patients and/or family with instruction and education relevant to condition.
• Accurately documents nursing observations, assessments, medications, treatments, and other care given.
• Maintains facility equipment, supplies, and work areas.
• Assists in the orientation of new employees.
• Coordinates and supervises activities of employees and department operations.
• Participates in performance/process improvement activities.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing required; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• 1 year or less of experience.
• BCLS certification upon completion of hospital orientation.
• ACLS and PALS certifications within six months of hire or transfer date to position.
• Current RN license in state of practice.

Skills

• Ability to understand, communicate, and react effectively to patient and family needs.
• Critical thinking.
• Ability to work well under pressure while keeping calm and maintaining customer focus.

Physical and Mental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities.

• Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, or crawl.
• Talk or hear, taste or smell.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Repetitive motion of upper body required for extended use of computer.
• Required specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities.

• Works in well-lit, ventilated, and climate-controlled office environment with routine office equipment; some equipment has moving mechanical parts.
• In hospital environment, may be exposed to hazards and unusual elements, which may include but are not limited to bloodborne pathogens and/or contagious illnesses, toxic chemicals, and biohazardous materials which may require extensive safety precautions and the use of protective equipment.
• Noise level in the work environment is typical for an office and/or hospital environment.
• Minimum overnight travel (up to 10%) by land and/or air.

About the Organization

Ashley Regional hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Lifepoint Health spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum.