Registered Nurse Emergency Room

CommonSpirit Health; Dodge City (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Catherine Hospital Dodge City is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Emergency Department to collaborate with the healthcare team in delivering compassionate, high-quality care.

The RN will assess and address physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs, using the nursing process to achieve safe patient outcomes. Requires RN licensure, BLS/ACLS, NIHSS, ENPC or PALS, and TNCC; ED experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement.
• Active and unencumbered RN License in state of employment.
• BLS from the American Heart Association.
• ACLS from the American Heart Association.
• NIHSS.
• ENPC or PALS.
• One year RN ED experience.
• TNCC within one year of hire.
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation and chart review.
• Evaluate patient responses and intervene to optimize outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient care plans with interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in IVs, wound care, medications, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts accurately and confidentially.
• Document patient status, interventions, and outcomes.
• Use IT to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decisions.
• Promote health, safety, and patient rights; educate patients/families.

Skills

ED nursing experience

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma or by endorsement

RN License (state of employment)

Bachelors Degree in Nursing (preferred)

Tools

BLS - American Heart Association

ACLS - American Heart Association

NIHSS

ENPC or PALS

TNCC

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.

Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
• Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
• Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

PRN has a 10% PRN shift differential on top of base pay.

PRN requires 5 shifts (12 hr shifts) in 6 weeks.

Job Requirements

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• Active and unencumbered RN License in state of employment
• BLS from the American Heart Association
• ACLS from the American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• ENPC or PALS
• One year RN ED experience
• TNCC within one year of hire
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• CEN

Where You’ll Work

At St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City, our Emergency Department has 8 beds including 2 trauma ready beds and our team cares for patients of all ages, from infant to end of life. Our patient population includes many industrial, farming and motor vehicle accidents. As the first point of contact for many patients receiving care at our facility, we strive to provide dependable, fast paced & thoughtful care to each patient. Our employees enjoy being a part of a multidisciplinary team where we nurture and promote internal growth and flexible working hours including non-traditional shifts. To be part of our close-knit team, we look for someone who is compassionate, reliable, energetic, and team-oriented with excellent communication skills.

St. Catherine Hospital Dodge City, is a Joint Commission accredited 99-bed hospital that serves as a regional referral center for southwest Kansas. Acute care is at the heart of what we do. St. Catherine Hospital Dodge City provides health services that include diagnostics and interventional cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. We combine patient-centered care with modern technology and medical expertise to treat a wide range of medical conditions.

Pay Range

$30.58 - $47.71 /hour