Emergency Room Registered Nurse

CHI; Bryan (TX); On-site; USD 43,394 - 70,877; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Texas is seeking an Emergency Room Registered Nurse. In this role, you will deliver high-quality, compassionate care in a fast-paced environment, focusing on optimal patient outcomes. Responsibilities include assessing patients, designing care plans, and collaborating with a medical team. Candidates should have an Associate of Nursing, a Texas RN license, and relevant certifications. A competitive pay range of $31.50 - $51.45 per hour is offered.

Qualifications

• At least one year of RN experience upon hire.
• Basic Life Support - CPR certification within 14 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 6 months.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within 6 months.
• Trauma Nurse Core Course certification within 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Perform admission and ongoing assessment of patient's condition.
• Design and document patient's plan of care.
• Prepare patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
• Provide accurate report to transitioning shifts.
• Maintain a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Document charges and supplies used for patient care.

Skills

Assessment skills

Critical thinking

Patient-first mindset

Education

Associate Of Nursing

Registered Nurse: TX

Tools

Basic Life Support - CPR

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Trauma Nurse Core Course

Job description

Overview

As an Emergency Room Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notifies the doctor of changes in assessment that require attention. Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physicians as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient\'s emerging and changing needs.
• Planning: Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
• Implementation: Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients\' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.
• Report Skills: Gives and receives reports using the Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker\'s experience, abilities and the patient\'s acuity.
• Environment & Patient Safety: Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space. Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to the appropriate location. Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction. Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.
• Supplies: Maintains accurate documentation of charges and supplies used to provide patient care through cost containment measures.

Required Qualifications

• Associate Of Nursing, upon hire
• At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 days
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 months
• Trauma Nurse Core Course, within 12 months

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Of Nursing preferred
• Critical Care experience preferred

Where You'll Work

St. Joseph Health – Bryan/College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville, TX. Since 1936, St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley. We have a Level III Trauma Center, the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center, and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring primary care, Express Clinics, and imaging and diagnostic services.

Pay Range

$31.50 - $51.45 /hour