Registered Nurse - RN - Emergency Department - Mids

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

Regular

Job Highlights:

• SIGN ON BONUS Available for External Candidates.
• Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life.  At SSM Health St Mary's Hospital, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.

Job Summary:

Provides direct nursing care in settings where patients require complex assessments and intervention, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the health care consumer’s health and/or situation.
• Triages each health care consumer utilizing age, developmentally appropriate, and culturally sensitive practices to prioritize and optimize health care consumer flow, expediting those health care consumers who require immediate care.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the health care consumer or the situation.
• Implements, coordinates, and educates, to promote health and a safe practice environment.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Attains knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to Emergency Nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Licenses / Certifications:

Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA), Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), FUTURE - Advanced Life Support (ALS) within 365 days - American Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) within 90 days - American Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) within 24 months - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), FUTURE - Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) within 180 days - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), FUTURE - Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 365 days - American Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 365 days - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA), Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Missouri State Board of Nursing, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Employee

2000000011 Emergency Room

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