Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department

Tampa General Hospital; Florida; Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 98.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Tampa General Hospital is seeking a Clinical Nurse for the Emergency Department. You will deliver nursing care, document assessments, and implement a goal-directed plan of care in a fast-paced trauma/ED setting.

The role emphasizes patient rights, quality improvement principles, and collaboration with the healthcare team to ensure safe, effective care across age groups and conditions.

Qualifikationen

• ADN required as minimum nursing credential.
• Current Florida RN license or compact state license.
• BLS certification required.

Aufgaben

• Assesses health status of patients and performs comprehensive assessments.
• Documents assessments and reports findings to the care team.
• Initiates discharge planning during admission and plans care with patient/family.
• Develops an individualized plan of care and updates it as needed.
• Directs care activities and communicates the plan during handoffs.
• Transcribes orders and provides patient education based on needs.

Kenntnisse

Assessing patients

Care coordination

Documentation

Ausbildung

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description - Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department (260003XC)

Job Description

Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department (Job Number: 260003XC )

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, reportssignificant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heathcare team.
• Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
• Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health careteam.
• Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designatedtime 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 thedelivery of quality care.
• Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through dailyworksheet 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 perpolicy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
• Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patientpopulations 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.

Qualifications

Education

• Associate's Degree Nursing

License/Registration

• Registered Nurse License/Registration - Issued by Florida or Compact State And/Or

Certification

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

Work Experience and Additional Information

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)