STAFF NURSE -EMERGENCY ROOM

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nurse Residency Program

Health and Wellness Programs

Education Assistance

Career Development

Ascend Program

Awards and Recognition

Job summary

Akron Children's Hospital is actively seeking a Staff Nurse for the Emergency Room in Akron, Ohio. This role centers on family‑centered pediatric nursing and requires leadership within a fast-paced ER team.

Responsibilities include assessing and coordinating care, supporting educational and safety needs, and collaborating with providers to ensure high-quality outcomes for children and families.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required or obtained within 5 years.
• Current Ohio RN license required.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required.
• Minimum of 1 year bedside RN experience preferred.
• Shift includes 3:00pm-3:30AM, full-time 36 hours/week.
• Strong communication and customer-service skills.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and directs nursing care with a family-centered focus.
• Addresses physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs across ages.
• Demonstrates leadership and professional duties; may precept new staff.
• Performs quality improvement and safety duties.
• Collaborates with providers to promote efficient operation and pediatric care.
• May be assigned to different areas across Akron Children's Hospital as needed.

Skills

Compassionate

Helpful

Personable

Positive

Sincere

Understanding

Education

BSN required

RN license in Ohio

BLS certification (AHA)

Tools

EPIC

MS Office

Job description

Staff Nurse - Emergency Room

LOCATION: Akron, Ohio

CATEGORY: nursing

Overview

At Akron Children’s, careers in nursing feel different. You make an impact on a daily basis, face‑to‑face, on children and their families. You do much more than treat patients. As the individual your patients come to recognize, rely on and smile at, you go beyond the title of nurse. Because this is more than a job. It’s what you were meant to do.

Success Profile

• Compassionate
• Helpful
• Personable
• Positive
• Sincere
• Understanding

Job Description

Job Requisition Number 36753

Up to $10,000 Sign-On Bonus (taxable) available for RN's with 2+ years bedside experience

Full Time/36 hours per week

3:00pm-3:30AM

Onsite, Akron Ohio

The Staff Nurse provides nursing care requiring specialized knowledge judgment and skill derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social and nursing sciences.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and directs nursing care with a focus on family centered care for individuals or groups of patients within the assigned scope of practice.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age and developmental status is required.
• Performs leadership and professional duties.
• Performs patient-centered care duties.
• Performs quality improvement and safety duties.
• Participates in the development education for staff members for clinically related issues. May be responsible for precepting new employees and act as a mentor to the clinical staff.
• Performs evidence-based practice duties.
• Supports the provider staff and actively promotes collaboration for efficient operation and quality care, and legendary customer service for pediatric patients using a team approach.
• Performs systems-based practice duties.
• Performs informatics and technology duties.
• Staff may be temporarily assigned to an area throughout the Akron Children's Hospital enterprise, based on patient needs requiring similar knowledge and skill.
• Other duties as required.

Technical Expertise

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance and motivation to other staff members with emphasis on working as a collaborative team to provide quality service to patients and their families.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written are required.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills are required.
• Strong organizational skills are required.
• Ability to work well under pressure to prioritize and complete required tasks and responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner.
• Experience working with various levels within an organization is required.
• Experience in healthcare is preferred.
• Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required.
• Experience working an electronic medical record system (i.e. EPIC) or similar software is preferred.

Education And Experience

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support training from the American Heart Association is required. Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Ohio is required.
• Years of relevant experience: Minimum of one (1) year of experience is preferred.
• Years of experience supervising: None

Full Time

FTE: 0.900000

Status: Onsite

Grow Your Career with Akron Children’s

Here at Akron Children’s, we offer many ways for our nurses to succeed and grow professionally. There are multiple ways to grow your nursing career into areas such as leadership, education/professional development, advanced practice, informatics, research, quality, and more.

Benefits

• Nurse Residency Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Education Assistance
• Career Development
• Ascend Program
• Awards and Recognition

What inspires me as a nurse manager is my team of staff nurses and how dedicated they are. It doesn't matter how busy we are. They work and continue to work until the job is done. Karan Johnson

Nurse Manager, Adolescent Unit

Our Promises

• To treat every child as we would our own.
• To treat others as they would like to be treated.
• To turn no child away.