RN (Registered Nurse)

Emergency Room Registered NurseCommonSpirit Memorial Hospital North Georgia is seeking an experienced Emergency Room Registered Nurse. This is a fast-paced environment with a high acuity patient population. The ideal candidate should be self-sufficient and comfortable working in a smaller, fast-paced facility. Must be adept with EPIC and ideally have experience in smaller, fast-paced facilities. The hospital does not typically board patients but transfers a large number of critical patients.Facility Details:- Number of Beds/Trauma Bays: 24 beds, including 4 behavioral health rooms and 2 critical care rooms.- Fast Track: Yes, a 9 chair vertical flow area.- Separate Triage Area: Yes, and yes, travelers are allowed to do Triage.- Separate Holding Area: No, ER holds are intermixed within the ER.- Separate Psych/Seclusion Rooms: Yes, 4 behavioral health safe rooms.- Security: In-house 24/7, housed in the ER.- Average Daily Patients: 70-80 (still in flux since the facility just opened in January).- Nurse:Patient Ratios: 4:1.- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS.- Common Diagnoses/Types of Patients: CP, Abdominal pain, SOB, uncontrolled DM, see all age groups, primarily fall between 20-90 yrs old.- Experience or 'Must Have' Skills: Ability to function in a fast-paced department with fewer resources than large teaching or trauma facilities. Must be adept with EPIC.- Common Drips: Levo, Epi, Fentanyl, Prop.- ED Physician &/or Mid-Levels Staffed: Generally 1 ED physician at all times, peak hours have additional 2-3 midlevels.- Charge Nurse: Yes, on each shift, will occasionally take patients mainly the BH patients.- Nurse Aids/EMT/Paramedics/Patient Sitters: We have a sitter pool for behavioral health patients. We staff 1 PCT per shift. They transport patients, can perform phlebotomy, and transport patients.- RT in the ER: Yes, and yes, they do ABGs, breathing Tx, & EKGs.- Tele/Monitor Techs in the ER: No.- X-Ray or CT in the ER/Transport: Yes, rad tech will come get patient unless stroke alert, or critical care requiring 1:1 RN.- Phlebotomy: RNs draw.- Shifts & Scheduling: Local staff self schedule, we do not guarantee scheduling for travelers but do try to accommodate as much as possible. I cannot guarantee block scheduling.- Weekend Requirements: Weekends are a possibility depending on shift, for 7a and 7p, we have significant Weekend option coverage so minimal requirements at this time.- Holiday Requirements: Travelers are expected to help cover holidays unless negotiated in contract.- Call or Standby Requirement: No.- Floating Requirements: Yes, between the 3 memorial campuses (two in TN so compact license is required). All within 20-25 of each other. This is to ensure hours, but would be very infrequent if ever.- Scrub Color/Dress Code: Navy blue, plain or memorial branded sweatshirts are allowed. No hoodies.- Unit/Department Specific Orientation: 1st week they will receive two 8 hour hospital orientation shifts at the main campus, and two 12 hour clinical in unit orientation shifts with a preceptor.