RN - Emergency Department - Mid-Shift

Overview

RN - Emergency Department - Mid-Shift (12p-12a) at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of nursing principles, practices, standards and techniques, and applies this knowledge in accordance with Sky Lakes policies and procedures and within laws and regulations governing nursing practice in the State of Oregon.
• Maintains overall responsibility for patient care in the ED. Functions as a care manager/caregiver by assessing the patient’s condition and nursing needs; demonstrates patient’s plan of care by setting outcomes; implements appropriate nursing actions to meet the patient’s physical, emotional, spiritual, social and intellectual needs. Promotes healing by maintaining a peaceful, orderly, and clean environment.
• Assigns and supervises patient care tasks to team members within respective practice parameters. Evaluates/corrects/directs/redirects care and assignment of staff as patient needs, outcome, and staffing activity dictate. Identifies and communicates unit staffing needs per Nursing Department staffing matrix, patient acuity and professional judgment; reports inadequate staffing to management and follows up by evaluating patient progress.
• Ensures nursing care is carried out effectively and efficiently and that the medical regime for each patient is prescribed by the physician in collaboration with other disciplines. Maintains quality and efficiency standards and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Participates with health care team members in facilitating patients and families learning throughout the hospital experience in preparation for discharge. Reinforces continued health care through teaching and/or referral to case management/social services for community agency follow-up.
• Maintains awareness of legal aspects of nursing and documents patient care within the Registered Nurse scope of practice. Reports work performance problems, policy violations, or misconduct by supervises on unit to Nursing Management.
• Provides ongoing education to hospital staff regarding patient care in the form of in-services and orientation to health care procedures and philosophy.
• Attends departmental and other meetings as requested by the immediate supervisor and is accountable for the information provided.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge/competency of emergency nursing principles, practice, protocols, and procedures and applies this knowledge in accordance with Sky Lakes Emergency Department Standards of Care.
• Assumes department-specific change nurse roles and responsibilities when accepting the charge nurse differential.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED: Basic nursing skills; willingness to work varied hours with flexible schedules and every other weekend; high school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred: Basic knowledge of psychosocial concepts and problem-solving skills; appropriate Emergency Services/Critical Care practice experience (in past three years).

Must have ability to adapt emotional responses to the needs of people of varying temperament and disability. Physically able to stoop, bend, reach and frequently lift 50 pounds or more. Continuous walking and/or standing throughout shift required. Must maintain knowledge of and practice safe body mechanics according to Sky Lakes policies.

PAY RATE: $51.80 - $73.96