Graduate Nurse Emergency Room Fulltime Nights

Baptist Health; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider seeks a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse to deliver high-quality patient care in a dynamic hospital environment. This role involves administering bedside care, monitoring patients, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes. Ideal candidates will possess strong critical thinking skills and a commitment to patient advocacy. Join a team dedicated to providing exceptional care to patients with complex medical needs, where your contributions will make a significant impact on their recovery journey. If you are passionate about nursing and eager to grow in a supportive environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Continuing Education Opportunities

Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school with a valid nursing license.
• Must maintain current BLS certification and other relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Administers bedside patient care under supervision in a hospital setting.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment and interprets electronic displays.
• Collaborates with medical staff to manage patient care effectively.

Skills

Patient Care

Critical Thinking

Communication

Team Collaboration

Nursing Skills

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Patient Monitoring Equipment

Job description

Position Summary

Position Summary

Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

Administers patient care in an area within a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have advanced illnesses or injuries that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support their medical conditions. These areas require a lower caregiver-topatient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Administers bedside patient care in a hospital or inpatient setting under the supervision of a preceptor, leader, and/or charge nurse.

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.

• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate, respond with confidence, and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.

• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused actions.

• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, interprets, and records electronic displays such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.

• Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.

• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ conditions, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls the Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when the Physician is not immediately available.

• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises individualized plans of care based on their needs and responses. Evaluates patients’ progress toward attaining expected outcomes.

• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.

• Functions as an advocate for patients and their families.

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on their assigned unit/ department.

• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.

• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and the interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the

• unit/department.

• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age- specific needs.

• Coordinates patient care for a defined group and delegates tasks appropriately to team members.

• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner, meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes, but is not limited to, patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.

• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and the use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills.

• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.

• Practices effective problem identification and resolution.

• Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications.

• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other healthcare team members.

• Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.

• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.

• Collaborates with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students.

• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.

• Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and procedures.

• Contributes to the knowledge and skills of others, and continuously improves the quality of healthcare practice and organizational outcomes.

• Participates in and may lead unit level and/or organizational level committees focused on nursing practice and performance improvement.

• Participates in departmental and organizational peer review, mentoring, and coaching regarding professional practice or role performance.

• Practices efficient use of supplies and maintains a clean, safe, and organized work area.

• Attends staff development in-services, department meetings, and/or nursing committee meetings.

• Partners with the nursing leadership team to identify professional development needs.

• Assumes responsibility for one’s own professional development and continuing education.

• Actively participates in and attends the Nurse Residency Program as appropriate to role.

• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Training.

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Authorized by the Alabama Board of Nursing (ABON) to practice as a graduate nurse by way of Temporary License or permanent licensure by NCLEX. Authorized to take the NCLEX by the examination vendor. Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and the unit/department.

Licensure/Certification

• Must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alabama or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) multistate RN license.Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification. ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP is required for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Experience None.