Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department

Tampa General Hospital; Spring Hill (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tampa General Hospital is actively seeking a Clinical Nurse for the Emergency Department. The role provides direct patient care across high-acuity cases within a dynamic ED environment, requiring strong assessment and teamwork.

Requires an active Florida RN license, BLS certification, and completion of an accredited nursing program. ACLS/PALS are preferred to support rapid patient stabilization and quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Nursing required.
• Active Florida RN license or Compact state.
• BLS certification required.
• ACLS and PALS certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and analyzes patient health status on the unit.
• Performs ongoing assessments and documents findings.
• Initiates discharge planning with admission assessment.
• Plans patient care in collaboration with patient, family, and healthcare team.
• Transcribes and executes physician orders; provides patient education.
• Coordinates care and communicates plan of care to the team.
• Documents patient response and follow-up; evaluates outcomes.

Skills

Nursing

Education

Associate's Degree Nursing

Tools

BLS

ACLS

PALS

NIHSS

Job description

Job Description - Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department (2600049C)

Job Description

Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department - ( 2600049C )

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 anddevelopmental 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)