Registered Nurse, Palmerton Care Now

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Palmerton (Carbon County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) for Urgent Care in Pennsylvania.

The role focuses on providing nursing care for urgent care and occupational health patients, coordinating with physicians and the patient care team. The successful candidate will practice under the PA Nurse Practice Act and hospital policy, with emphasis on documentation, care planning and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Licensed RN in the state of Pennsylvania (PA).
• BLS certification is required.
• Experience in occupational health or urgent care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver essential nursing care to urgent care and occupational health patients.
• Assess, plan, implement and document patient care activities.
• Collaborate with physicians and health-team staff to meet patient needs.
• Support unit operations within budget and staffing plans.
• Provide customer service and contribute to performance improvement initiatives.
• Assist with staff education, orientation and competency reviews.
• Participate in annual performance reviews and quality improvement efforts.
• Ensure care aligns with PA Nurse Practice Act and hospital policies.

Skills

BLS certification

Urgent care nursing

Education

Registered Nurse license (PA)

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. The Registered Nurse (RN) Urgent Care delivers nursing care for patients across their life span, and through the nursing process, assesses plans, implements, and documents the effects of care. Within the urgent care setting care will be provided to occupational health patients (physicals, drug screens, injury care etc.,) and patients that arrive with an acute illness/injury. This individual will work cooperatively with ancillary, nursing and other patient-team personnel to maintain standards for professional nursing practice. These nursing functions of the RN are carried out according to the Pennsylvania Nurse Practice Act, Hospital policy, the hospital Mission Statement, and the Philosophy of the Department of Nursing.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of the Registered Nurse.
• Provide essential medical care to both urgent care patients and occupational health patients
• Demonstrates knowledge of procedure done in this area and is able to assist physician as indicated.
• Implements, evaluates, and documents patient care interventions and effectiveness in accordance with care plan.
• Demonstrates an awareness of unit budget.
• Functions as a professional role model and resource person providing guidance to co-workers and students.
• Takes active role in unit-based Performance Improvement.
• Participates in identifying unit needs and supports unit goals and objectives.
• Maintains responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing education programs.
• Develops, evaluates, and adjusts current and future staffing based upon patient care needs; initiates adjustments as needed.
• Assigns responsibility for patient care with the unit-based team.
• Facilitates staff education activities (i.e. orientation, competency, skill reviews, mandatory in-servicing).
• Provides input to annual performance reviews of assigned staff.
• Conducts customer service activities and handling of complaints – patients, families, staff or physician.
• Assists with management functions on unit.
• Manages daily operations within budget parameters.
• Performs in depth, systematic assessment of all assigned patients.
• Formulates collaborative plans of care and identifies expected patient outcomes.
• Implements, evaluates, and documents patient care interventions and effectiveness in accordance with care plan.
• Organizes, coordinates, and prioritizes patient care consistently utilizing available resources.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Sit up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.
• Stand for up to 8 hours per day; 4 hours at a time.
• Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.
• Consistently life, push and carry objects up to 10 lbs.
• Frequently life, carry and push objects up to 75 lbs.
• Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs. via wheelchair, bed and/or stretcher with assistance when appropriate.
• Consistently pull up to 10 lbs.
• Frequently pull up to 250 lbs. with assistance when appropriate.
• Frequently stoop, bend, crouch, kneel and climb.
• Frequently reach above shoulder level.
• Occasional crawling.
• Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.
• Frequently finger and handle objects.
• Occasionally firmly grasp, twist, turn objects with hands and fingers.
• Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequencies.
• Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and visual monotony (e.g. computer screen).

EDUCATION

• Registered Nurse with current license to practice in the state of Pennsylvania.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Successful completion of BLS.
• Experience in occupational medicine and urgent care is preferred.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.