Clinical Nurse - Emergency Services

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY

The Clinical Nurse performs a variety of nursing care procedures requiring professional knowledge and consideration for specific patient conditions and treatments, and ability to work independently in completing assignments. Guidelines include physician’s orders, standards of care, nursing policies and procedures manuals, hospital policies. Nursing duties include support to individuals of all ages and their families.

Education:

• Associate of Science Degree in Nursing or Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

License/Certification:

• A valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Must maintain a current valid certification of the following throughout employment:
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from the American Heart Association
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within one (1) year of hire from American Heart Association
• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) required within one (1) year of hire
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) required within one (1) year of hire
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) – NIHSS – NIH Stroke Scale must be completed (within 6 months of hire)
• Emergency Severity Index Level 5 within 3 months of hire
• Complete Patient Sitter Competency Training (upon hire)

Experience:

• Must have one (1) year registered nursing experience in an emergency department or critical care unit.

Other

Skills and Abilities:

• A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers. All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:
• Positive working relationships with others
• Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints
• Reliable and dependable; report to work as scheduled
• Knowledge of normal growth, development, and life cycle changes. This also includes knowledge of the physical, psychosocial, and behavioral characteristics of the group for which care is provided.
• Knowledge of disease entities to recognize complications and therapeutic interventions required.
• Knowledge of assessment practices related to pain management and various treatment modalities of pain relief.
• Knowledge of pharmaceuticals to recognize the desired effects, side effects and complications on their use, with emphasis on vasopressors and emergency medications titration of these medications.
• Knowledge of infection control procedures and safety precautions.
• Possess and employ an ability to communicate with patients and families during time of emotional and physical stress
• Successful completion of and positive results form all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, application, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC.

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work requires prolonged periods of standing; walking; talking or hearing; sitting watching, observing, concentrating on computer monitors and equipment; use…