Registered Nurse Emergency Department RN

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; San Antonio (TX); Sur place; USD 85 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k) matching

Education assistance

Paid time off

Wellbeing resources

Résumé du poste

Methodist Healthcare System seeks an ED Resource Nurse to support multiple ED units across the system, guiding new grads and staff transitioning to ED specialty. You will mentor, educate on nursing standards, and help ensure regulatory compliance within the hospital’s policies.

The role emphasizes mentoring, rotation through systemwide ED locations, and providing consistent, patient-centered care under the supervision of experienced RNs. A strong nursing background in emergency care is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
• 2+ years’ experience as an RN in ED required.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing, 1+ year leadership or preceptor experience preferred.

Responsabilités

• Participates in implementing nursing care plans under supervision of the licensed nurse.
• Obtains and records admissions data, vital signs, and patient information throughout care cycle.
• Documents observations and patient responses, reports changes to RN/Team Leader.
• Assists with mobility, transfers, discharges and use of mobility devices.
• Translates complex medical terminology for patient understanding.
• Performs hourly rounding and responds to call lights promptly.
• Adheres to safety policies and infection control protocols.

Connaissances

Registered Nurse

ED experience

Leadership

Preceptor

Formation

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Description du poste

Ready for a role that supports your unique calling in patient care and fits your life? At Methodist Healthcare, you’ll find clear pathways to advance backed by our unmatched nationwide transfer policy that lets you grow your career when the time is right for you. With mentorship opportunities, clinical education courses, professional certificationsupport, and educational assistance, you will have all the resources you need to build the career of a lifetime.

Join our ED Specialty Elite Division Resource Team

Strictly dedicated to the Emergency Department—Zero floor floating guaranteed.

12 week Rotation at each of our Systemwide locations ED area.

Excel at the skill you are passionate about enjoying a stable local position that allows you to work the full system ED area throughout Methodist Healthcare in San Antonio, Texas

Job Summary and Qualifications

The ED Resource Nurse supports high quality, patient-centered care by offering feedback, guidance, and mentoring to new graduate nurses and/or nurses that are transitioning to a new specialty. The ED Resource Nurse supports multiple ED units throughout the system. As an ED Resource Nurse you will provide guidance and education on the hospital’s standard of nursing practice, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with all accrediting and regulatory agency requirements.

Minimum Education, Experience, Training, Required Knowledge, Skill, Abilities and Other Job-Related Characteristics:

1. Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

2. Experience: 2+ years’ experience as a RN in ED

3. Preferred: Master’s Degree in Nursing, 1+ years’ experience in a leadership role, 1+ years’ experience as a preceptor

Minimum License, Certificates, or Registrations Required:

1. Required:

Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or has an active compact license, in accordance with law and regulation.

Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

Preceptor Training within 90 days of hire.

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) within 30 days of hire.

Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) within 90 days of hire.

Business Emergency Response Training (BERT) within 90 days of hire.

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 12 months of hire.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 12 months of hire.

Essential Job Functions:

Participates in the implementation of nursing care plans by performing direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of the licensed nurse.

Obtains and records initial and ongoing patient information throughout the cycle of care, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose levels, intake and output, and calorie counts.

Documents observations, interactions, patient responses to performed activities, and any physical or behavioral changes at time of occurrence. Reports observations of individual patients to the RN/Team Leader.

Assists with mobility by regular turning and positioning, dangling, and ambulating patients. Assists with use of walkers, crutches, canes, and wheelchairs. Transfers patients to and from other units, departments, or entities. Assists with discharges. Demonstrates proper body mechanics.

Provides or assists with non-medicated support care, including non-sterile dressing changes, skin protection, application of heat or ice, oxygen delivery, and venous compression devices.

Performs non-medicated support tasks, including oral suctioning, enema, catheterization and foley catheter removal, drain maintenance, and basic wound care. Increases variety and difficulty of tasks as competency is verified through nursing program.

Obtains or assists in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests. Ensures accuracy of all labels and timely transfer of specimen.

Retrieves medication from pharmacy, storage room, or tube system and delivers to licensed staff member as instructed.

Assists with patient preparation for surgery or other procedure.

Assists patients with activities of daily living to include eating and drinking, bathing, shaving, oral care, grooming, and elimination. Changes bed linens as needed.

Performs hourly rounding and responds promptly to call lights and patient requests. Strives to anticipate patient needs and resolve them proactively.

Follows patient and employee safety/security policies and protocols, including hand hygiene, use of universal precautions, use of personal protective equipment, and adherence to isolation procedures.

Prepares and maintains clean, hazard-free patient rooms. Empties trash and removes soiled linens.

Assists with patient/family/caregiver learning needs, abilities and readiness to learn. Identifies barriers to learning, such as language or culture. Integrates this information into the patient’s plan of care.

Translates complex medical terminology to ensure patients/families/caregivers understand patient medical condition, patient status, treatment plan, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures.

Benefits

Methodist Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Methodist Healthcare System is a 50-50 partnership between the Methodist Healthcare Ministries (South Texas' largest non-public funding source of community health care) and HCA (the nation's leading provider of health care services).

For more than 50 years Methodist Healthcare has provided high quality care to patients from San Antonio, its 26 surrounding counties and around the world. Methodist Healthcare is recognized as the most respected and preferred health care provider in South Texas due to our outstanding team of nurses, medical professionals and physicians. More people turn to our San Antonio doctors than any other hospital or system when they need healthcare.

Methodist Healthcare earns its excellent reputation at the bedside of our patients. At each of our facilities, Methodist Healthcare offers an outstanding selection of doctors, health care professionals, equipment and health services from wellness events to transplant services, pediatrics, dermatology, cardiology, oncology and a complete range of additional medical services in the South Texas region.

As San Antonio’s second largest private employer, our facilities employ more than 10,000 individuals, including 2,700 physicians in all specialties.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.