RN - ER SANE Nurse PRN

University of Missouri Health Care; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Missouri Health Care’s Emergency Services is seeking a compassionate RN to join our on-site team at MU Health Care. Our ER handles high-acuity cases as a Level 1 Trauma Center and works with pediatric transport and helicopter services to provide comprehensive care.

Join MU Health Care’s busy emergency department, where you will assess patients, plan and implement nursing care, educate patients about medications, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal

Qualifications

• Missouri Board of Nursing RN license required.
• One (1) year of RN experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient's condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the patient’s needs.
• Maintains standards of nursing care and follows hospital policies.
• Provides education to patients and significant others about medications.
• Coordinates with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure high patient satisfaction.

Skills

RN experience

Patient care

Communication

Education

Missouri Board of Nursing RN license

Job description

Shift: PRN – as needed, at least 3 12 hour call shifts in each 6 week schedule period

Work Arrangement: On-site

Department: Emergency Services (may float between ER, ER Observation, Pediatrics ER)

Facility: University Hospital – 1 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO

Compensation

• Base Pay Range: $36.40 per hour
• Additional $4.00 per hour for night shift
• Additional $3.00 per hour for weekend shift
• Additional $2.75 per hour for evening shift

About the job

MU Health Care is looking for a compassionate and dedicated individual to join our nursing team in Emergency Services. Our ER is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in central Missouri as well as a Level 1 STEMI Center for heart attacks and a Comprehensive Stroke Center, handling high acuity cases, including burns. Our ER works closely with our children’s hospital critical care transport team and a helicopter service.

About MU Health Care

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

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Detailed Job Description

• Assesses the patient's condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative patient needs, including discharge planning.
• Assesses, intervenes, and reassesses the patient's self-report and symptoms of pain promptly. Utilizes an appropriate tool for assessment and reassessment (0-10 numerical scale, FACES, or the FLACC.)
• Demonstrates an understanding of medications regarding action and side effects. Reports pertinent information to the appropriate individual.
• Educates patients and significant others about their medications.
• Demonstrates the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions in accomplishing goals and intended patient care outcomes.
• Maintain the standards of nursing care and implement the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing unit.
• Participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups.
• Understands the attendance and punctuality guidelines, and adherence to the dress code.
• Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person and records those observations accurately and concisely.
• Provides quality patient care and works with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the highest patient satisfaction.
• May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications

• Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
• One (1) year of RN experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.