Registered Nurse; RN - Emergency Department, Part Time

Overview

Our Emergency Department unit has 43 beds staffed by RN's, LPN's, Paramedics, EMT's, and LNA's. We are the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the state of NH and work closely with our system affiliates to accept patients requiring critical, neurological, cardiac, obstetrical, medical or trauma care. Our unit sees a large volume of referrals, transfers and trauma consults from outside facilities, and provides services for the local community.

We see 31,000 patients annually, including neonates through geriatric populations in various states of health, often with multiple disease processes. Our nurses are trained for resuscitation, acute care, outpatient care, trauma care, mental health and are proceduralists delivering bedside moderate sedation. A typical day for a nurse involves assisting in a fracture reduction for an adult skier injury, caring for a pediatric patient with uncontrolled asthma, managing a homeless victim found unresponsive in the snow in need of resuscitation, and caring for a cardiac arrest or stroke victim.

Emergency Nursing is a specialized area of practice that is both independent and collaborative, requiring the continual acquisition and application of a specialized body of knowledge and skills. This demands a broad scope of practice to promptly deliver emergency, urgent, and non‑urgent care to patients of all ages and from all cultural backgrounds. Emergency nursing care is episodic, primary, and typically acute, but may be chronic in nature requiring knowledge and skills to care for patients of all ages, acuities, and physical or psychological conditions.

Part‑time (2×12 hr shifts/week). Rotating night shifts: 10a‑10p, 11a‑11p, 1p‑1a.

• Practitioner – Utilize the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
• Utilize critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
• Practice in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision‑making, ensure informed consent and assist patients and families in expressing self‑determination.
• Actively seek feedback and act to improve performance.
• Engage in the governance of practice.
• Leader/Decision Maker – Manage interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
• Mentor colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
• Assume authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others in accordance with laws, regulations and policies.
• Prioritize and organize time to optimize patient outcomes.
• Scientist – Actively seek out the most current evidence and standards and apply and translate to daily practice.
• Role‑model a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement and evidence‑based practice at the local level.
• Transferor – Communicate effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Actively partner with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
• Precept the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the health‑care team.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

• Graduated from an accredited Nursing Program (required).
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

• Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certificate required within 6 months of hire date.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certificate required within 6 months of hire date.
• Area of Interest:
  Nursing.
• Pay Range: $42.25/Hr. – $59.50/Hr.
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.30 – 12 hrs/week.
• Shift: Rotating.
• Job .

Dartmouth Health offers a total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, paid time off and retirement plans.
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Dartmouth Health is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.