Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department (0.3 Variable)

Mercy Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 44,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy is seeking a Registered Nurse to support patient-centered care in an acute care setting. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans, collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure safe, timely, and compassionate patient experiences.

The role requires driving clinical excellence, effective communication with patients and families, and adherence to safety and documentation standards.

Qualifications

• Sound background in basic nursing principles and procedures.
• Demonstrates competency in unit specific skills.
• Demonstrates ability to provide safe and effective basic nursing care.
• Role Models exemplary customer service skills including verbal and non-verbal skills and proper phone etiquette.
• Creates a welcoming environment for all healthcare team members.
• Committed to ongoing self-development and learning.

Responsibilities

• Communicate accurate and clinically relevant information with patients, families, and co-workers at handoffs.
• Ensure information is communicated to the right people for best patient outcomes.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care per patient plan of care.
• Continuously assess patient and family needs to provide patient-centered care.
• Demonstrate critical thinking to execute nursing interventions.
• Maintain accurate, real-time documentation of nursing care for the team.
• Serve as a role model and promote a healthy work environment.
• Respect dignity of patients, families, visitors, and staff.
• Direct other licensed and unlicensed staff in care provision as assigned.
• Communicate effectively, including non-verbal cues and language/cultural considerations.
• Respond to emergencies within scope of practice.
• Promote patient safety throughout care.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team and educate patients/families.
• Delegate to appropriate staff as needed.
• Adhere to Mercy safety guidelines and report unsafe conditions.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Patient education

Communication

Team collaboration

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Job description

Summary

This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by being a competent, respectful, and compassionate professional who is able to safely, appropriately, accurately, efficiently and independently follow Mercy's standards along with policies and procedures while caring for patients. The Registered Staff Nurse works with the unit specific team members to identify clinical problems, develop a plan, and educate patients and families.

Job Duties

• Ensure that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed.
• Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome.
• Demonstrates competent assessment, planning, intervention, coordination and evaluation skills based on the individual patient plan of care.
• Continually assesses patient and family needs in order to provide quality care based on a patient centered care model.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills and judgment necessary to implement a patient plan of care, nursing interventions and procedures.
• Mantains accurate and real time documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team, according to hospital policy and procedure related to documentation parameters.
• Functions as a role model for current and new staff by creating a healthy work environment to facilitate the department's or unit's ability to meet identified goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitor and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
• Directs other licensed and non-licensed personnel in the provision of care to patients as assigned.
• Demonstrate effective and age-appropriate communication as well as the ability to understand the needs of the patient including non-verbal communication, fears, anxieties and language/cultural barriers.
• Responds within scope of practice to emergencies and life-threatening conditions.
• Adheres to and promotes patient safety practices throughout the patient experience.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively with all members of the healthcare team.
• Provides ongoing education to patients and families.
• Delegates to other staff registered nurse, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians, unit secretaries, and other staff positions specific to the department.
• Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Department Specific Duties

Emergency Departments (Main, Hiawatha & Marion) Performs department specific duties as outlined on the department specific developmental checklist. Attends departmental/hospital meetings, activities or special projects per departmental guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Sound background in basic nursing principles and procedures. Demonstrates competency in unit specific skills. Demonstrates ability to provide safe and effective basic nursing care. Role Models exemplary customer service skills including verbal and non-verbal skills and proper phone etiquette. Creates a welcoming environment for all healthcare team members. Committed to ongoing self-development and learning.

Professional Experience

Previous RN experience in an acute care setting preferred.

Education

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration Requirements

Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the state of Iowa or compact state required. Current certification in Basic Life Support, in accordance with the American Heart Association required. Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse/Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required. Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date. Additional requirements specific to each department are noted below: Emergency Departments (Main, Hiawatha & Marion) Advanced Cardiac Life Support will be required within six months of hire if not current. Within the first 18 months of employment, the department requires completion of Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) and Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC).

Pay Rate

Pay Rate Type Hourly

About Mercy

Mercy is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years. Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.