Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Services (ER)

About the role

Conemaugh Nason Medical Center 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 (RN) joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team: Our Emergency Department offers flexible, individualized scheduling within a true team-based environment where collaboration is key. Nurses are supported by strong charge nurse mentorship and visible, hands-on leadership that prioritizes safe staffing, manageable workloads, and staff well-being. We foster a culture of teamwork where colleagues support one another, and patient safety is always the top priority.

Responsibilities

• Perform duties of triage nurse when assigned including identifying emergent patients and performing the quick triage process facilitating patient flow, and hourly waiting room checks.
• Provide primary nursing care to all patients assigned, functioning within a team, throughout the length of stay in the department.
• Accurately identify arrhythmias and provide intervention according to established procedures; anticipate arrhythmias and complications based on knowledge of pathophysiology, take appropriate actions as needed and communicate information to physicians in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate ability to start IVs, administer medications and IV fluids, assess patient's response and titrate dosages as per physician order.
• Demonstrate ability to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the ED, function as code nurse at "CPA" situation within the hospital and provide needed cart exchange.
• Manage critically ill patients during transfer to other departments or health care facilities; give appropriate report to provide continuity of care.
• Regularly test monitoring equipment/alarm systems to ensure proper functioning when needed.
• Demonstrate complete knowledge of the location, care and operation of all ED equipment.
• Demonstrate appropriate safety precautions (e.g., with invasive line, during defibrillation, etc.) and utilize infection control practices to minimize incidence of nosocomial infections.
• Participate in special procedures and examinations performed by the physician, prepare the patient and provide emotional support, as required.
• Consistently assess the nursing care provided in the critical care areas and identify any problems or needs for improvement.
• Always assess the patient's condition utilizing the nursing process and professional judgment in individualizing emergency nursing care.
• Always document observations and interventions, including medication and treatment therapies.
• Always assess the patients' immediate needs and prioritize patient care accordingly upon arrival to the emergency room, obtain pertinent patient history.
• Notify family/S.O. of patient's progress and include them in plan of care, whether admitted or discharged if applicable, i.e., minors or POA's.
• Participate in bedside change of shift report.
• Ensure that the standards of the emergency nursing practice are maintained.
• Maintain assessment, knowledge and intuition skills when triaging patients.
• Continuously assess and improve the performance of care and service provided.
• Orient and mentor new members of the team in the department.

Requirements

• Graduate of an RN program and hold a current nurse's license in the state of Pennsylvania or a current multistate license (MSL) from compact member states/territories.
• Associate's degree is required; a Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or obtained within 6 months.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or obtained within 1 year.
• Basic Trauma Nurse Course (BTNC) or equivalent training (ATCN, TCRN, TNCC) obtained within 1 year of hire is required.