Registered Nurse

Position Summary

Under general direction, protects, promotes, and optimizes health and abilities. Prevents illness and injury. Alleviates suffering through the diagnosis and treatment. Advocates for patients and their families. Ensures all actions taken in carrying out responsibilities support patient centered care.

Position Responsibilities

Unit Specific Position Responsibilities

Performs other assigned duties.

Utilizes critical thinking and evidence-based practice in providing emergency care for patients of all ages. (infant through geriatric).

Functions effectively in the triage and/or charge nurse role when assigned

Prepares patients and equipment for examination and treatment by physicians in a timely manner.

Ensures appropriate charges are posted for patient care provided.

Participates in precepting/mentoring new staff, students, and other providers.

Demonstrates competency and performs EKGs, phlebotomy, and other specialty tasks as assigned.

Delegates care appropriately to different levels of providers in the emergency department i.e. paramedic, PCT.

Organizes individual patient care to enhance efficiency and patient throughput.

Performs triage, charge nurse, and emergency response duties when assigned

Provides discharge education and resources for patients and families.

Ensures hourly rounding is completed on all patients.

Completes discharge follow up phone calls for continuity of care for patients.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

Required Qualifications (Including any licensure, certification, education):

Licensed as a Registered Nurse and authorized by the State of Iowa to practice nursing or has active multistate license approved by the Nurse Licensure Compact.

Achievement of Baccalaureate degree in nursing within 6 years of hire if hired after January 1, 2014.

Basic Life Support (BLS) training, or within 90 days of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

Mandatory Reporter training or within 90 days of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

1 year RN nursing experience or one year emergency services experience.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) verification, or within 90 days of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) verification, or within 1 year of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support (PALS) verification, or within 90 days of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

Certification in NIHSS within 90 days of hire.

Combative Patient Response Team training within 90 days of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

Organizational Requirements:

Maintain stroke education per regulatory requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

Baccalaureate degree in nursing.

Professional certification in nursing specialty.

One Year of Emergency Room Experience

Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Proficient in communication skills.

Ability to pursue and foster a sense of team and partnership across all disciplines.

Ability to communicate effectively, in English, with diverse population groups.

Ability to be self-directed, flexible, and able to adapt to change.

Ability to communicate effectively in a professional and tactful manner with physicians, staff, patients and/or their representatives.

Ability to read and understand chart documentation.

Ability to demonstrate basic computer skills.

Ability to read, write and understand the English language.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

2 years Emergency department experience.

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training or experience.

Hazardous Materials Operations Level training.