ER Registered Nurse

About This Role

This role is for an Emergency Room Registered Nurse (ER RN) providing proficient, age-specific nursing care in a small-format hospital. The nurse will assess, plan, direct, and evaluate patient care, ensuring comfort and safety while adhering to medical protocols.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritize, and provide proficient, age-specific and developmentally/specialty appropriate nursing care
• Apply advanced specialty clinical nursing knowledge and skills ensuring comfort and safety of patients/families
• Proficiently and consistently complete accurate, concise and legible documentation on medical records
• Observe and record signs, symptoms and behaviors including the physiological status of patients
• Present proposed revision of interventions and desired outcomes
• Maintain patient's privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times
• Follow physician’s orders in the delivery of nursing care
• Collect laboratory samples and perform lab testing in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Adhere to required infection control, isolation procedures and aseptic techniques
• Perform admission, discharge and transfer procedures
• Participate in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing care given
• Assemble equipment and supply for various diagnostic or treatment procedures in the specialty service area; performs or assists others with procedures or treatments

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree or Nursing Diploma
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse without sanctions
• 2+ years full-time RN experience in ER or other comparable experience
• Current BLS, ACLS/ALS, and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross
• Fluency in English; written and oral communication
• Pennsylvania Candidates Act 33 (Child Abuse History Clearance)
• Act 73 (FBI Fingerprint Criminal History Clearance)

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree or Nursing Diploma, required; BSN, preferred
• 2+ years full-time RN experience in ER or other comparable experience

Nice to Have

• BSN
• ENPC certification from ENA
• TNCC certification

Benefits

Certifications