Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department

Tampa General Hospital

Spring Hill (FL)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Tampa General Hospital is seeking a Clinical Nurse in the Emergency Department to provide high-quality nursing care to patients under supervision, following established policies and guidelines.

The role involves planning and implementing nursing care, documenting assessments, communicating plans of care, and ensuring patient rights while aligning with the hospital's mission and quality improvement principles.

Qualifications

Associate's Degree in Nursing is required.
RN license issued by Florida or a Compact State.
BLS certification required.
ACLS/PALS/NIHSS certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess and analyze patients' health status on the assigned unit and document assessments.
Perform ongoing assessments and report significant findings to the healthcare team.
Initiate discharge planning with initial admission assessment.
Plan patient care collaboratively with patient, family, and healthcare team.
Update and adapt the care plan based on reassessments and progress.
Coordinate and direct care activities to ensure delivery of quality care.
Communicate the care plan to the team through daily rounds and handoffs.
Transcribe and implement physician orders and educate patients as needed.
Evaluate patient outcomes and adjust interventions accordingly.
Provide care tailored to patient populations (age, size, diagnoses).
Demonstrate awareness of patients' physical, psychosocial, and developmental needs.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Patient education

Team communication

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Job description

Job Description - Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department (260002HG)

Job Description

Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department - ( 260002HG )

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.