Registered Nurse - Emergency Room 36hr 3pm-3:30am

Lawrence General Hospital; Methuen (MA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Emergency Room, specializing in trauma and urgent care. This role involves providing critical patient care, ensuring safety, and collaborating with healthcare teams. Candidates should be graduates from accredited nursing schools with required certifications. The position offers a dynamic environment focused on patient outcomes and safety.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program; BSN preferred.
• BCLS required; ACLS within 6 months.
• Must obtain TNCC and ENPC within 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care based on established standards and practices.
• Administers medications and intravenous therapy according to protocols.
• Documents all therapeutic interventions and patient responses thoroughly.

Skills

Critical thinking

Patient safety

Medication administration

Clinical competence

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

BSN preferred

Job description

Registered Nurse - Emergency Room 36hr 3pm-3:30am

Department: HFH Emergency Services (Methuen)

3pm-3:30am , Evenings , 3pm-3:30am

Scheduled Hours per Week: 36 hours

Emergency nurses specialize in assessing, intervening and stabilizing a variety of trauma and illnesses with decisive action. Due to the range of medical conditions that may require urgent treatment and care, they must be knowledgeable about general as well as specific health issues.

Job Duties:

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources necessary.
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g., seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.)
• Provides thorough, timely and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses including assessment, care plan, patient goals and interventions according to established standards.
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e., appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician's orders, protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, utilizing the pain scale (e.g., numerical, FACES and functional goals.)
• Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as documents assessment and patients' response to medication.
• Readily accepts accountability for designated patient and effectively hands off patient as required.
• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
• Critical thinking skills and ability to perform medication dosing calculations.
• Demonstrates clinical competence in the specialty area of nursing practice preferred.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.
• BCLS required.
• ACLS required within 6 months of hire.
• TNCC and ENPC required within 1 year of hire.