Registered Nurse - ER - full-time

Cabell Huntington Hospital; Point Pleasant (WV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabell Huntington Hospital is looking for a committed full-time RN to join their Emergency Room team in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The RN will be responsible for a variety of essential nursing functions including patient assessment, care planning, collaboration with staff, and ensuring quality patient care. This role emphasizes teamwork, patient education, and compliance with hospital policies while maintaining high standards of customer service. A collaborative and supportive work environment is fostered to ensure exceptional patient care.

Responsibilities

• Performs initial assessment of patient.
• Formulates a plan of care and nursing diagnosis based on the assessment.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for overall quality of patient care.
• Ensures patient care is given according to the proficiency level of personnel.
• Respects patient privacy rights and values of individual patients.
• Provides guidance to all personnel in their respective duties.
• Ensures cleaning, stocking, and quality control duties are accomplished.
• Ensures equipment needed to provide quality care is available.
• Performs ongoing nursing assessments and updates patient plan of care.
• Participates in ongoing evaluation of employees.
• Keeps supervisory staff apprised of special concerns.
• Complies with Corporate Policies and Procedures.
• Accurate documentation of care.
• Provides patient education and discharge planning.
• Assists with orientation of new employees.
• Assures emergency equipment and supplies are available.
• Safely administers medications with monitoring.
• Must be able to cross-train to other units.
• Demonstrates excellence in customer service skills.
• Fosters an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.

Job description

Rivers Health is seeking a full-time RN in the Emergency Room. Provides patient care on the nursing process and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Essential Job Functions

The following is a summary of the major essential functions of this job. The incumbent may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below; and specific functions may change from time to time.

• Performs initial assessment of patient.
• Formulates a plan of care and nursing diagnosis based on the assessment. Considers emotional and spiritual as well as physical health.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for overall quality of patient care.
• Ensures patient care is given according to the proficiency level of personnel while retaining accountability for duties delegated.
• Respects patient privacy rights and values of individual patients and provides care accordingly.
• Provides guidance to all personnel in their respective duties.
• Ensures cleaning, stocking, and quality control duties are accomplished.
• Ensures equipment needed to provide quality care is available. Ensures any malfunctioning equipment is labeled appropriately and sent to Biomed.
• Performs on-going nursing assessments. Utilizes assessment data to plan, revise, and update patient plan of care.
• Participates in on-going evaluation of employees.
• Keeps Unit Coordinator/Supervisor, Patient Care Supervisors and/or Risk Manager apprised of special concerns regarding quality, cost-effective care, and risk management issues.
• Complies with Corporate Policies, Departmental Policies, Procedures and Personnel, and Employee Handbook.
• Performs nursing care in a safe and timely manner according to hospital policies, procedures, and philosophy.
• Accurate documentation of care.
• Provides patient education and discharge planning in collaboration with other disciplines.
• Assists with orientation of new employees.
• Assures emergency equipment and supplies are available.
• Assumes responsibility for safe-guarding medications and narcotics. Safely administers medications with appropriate monitoring.
• Must be able to cross-train to other units.
• Demonstrates excellence in customer service skills.
• Fosters an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration. Participates in unit meetings.
• Participates in quality improvement activities including serving on quality improvement teams.