Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department

Tampa General Hospital; Crystal River (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Tampa General Hospital-Citrus in Crystal River, FL, is seeking a full-time RN for the night shift (7pm–7am). You will provide nursing care, assess patients, document findings, coordinate with the healthcare team and families, and participate in discharge planning to ensure quality care.

Required are an Associate's Degree in Nursing, an active Florida RN license (compact state acceptable), and BLS certification. This on-site role emphasizes patient rights and comprehensive planning.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Nursing required.
• Active Florida RN license required or compact state license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze health status of patients.
• Implement and document plan of care.
• Discharge planning and patient education.
• Coordinate patient care with care team and family.
• Ensure ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and modify plan as needed.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Documentation

Patient education

Team coordination

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal-directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement.

Essential Functions

• Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner. Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
• Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reports significant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heath care team.
• Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
• Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
• Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
• Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
• Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure the delivery of quality care.
• Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
• Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
• Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow-up. Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders. Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
• Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames per policy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
• Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patient populations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based).
• Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served.

Education

• Associate's Degree Nursing

License Issued by Florida or Compact State

• Registered Nurse

Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Work Experience

• Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to:
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
  • Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS)
  • STROKE
  • National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
  • STABLE

Primary Location

Crystal River

Work Locations

TGH Crystal River

Eligible for Remote Work

On Site

Job

Nursing (LPNs, RNs)

Organization

Tampa General Hospital-Citrus

Schedule

Full-time

Shift

Night Job

Job Type

On Site

Shift Hours

7pm - 7am

Minimum Salary

31.55