Emergency Medicine Registered Nurse- PT (67583)

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse position performs a variety of nursing duties in caring for patients from minor treatment to acutely ill in a one-of-a-kind, free-standing outpatient facility, providing easy access to unscheduled care. This hyper-efficient delivery of Emergency Medicine Specialty Services combined with an outpatient facility efficiently provides high quality care that can yield lower ER visits, lower hospital admissions, and create savings.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Completion of orders on a variety of patients from minor treatment to acutely ill.
• Perform accurate triages and discharges of patients of all ages and be proficient at identifying patients with critical needs.
• Perform medication management in relation to administration, record maintenance, and storage.
• Must be able to accurately input patient discharge instructions and prescriptions into computer software.
• Perform quality splinting, dressing applications, and wound care.
• Performance of EKG’s/cardiac monitoring with recognition of arrhythmias.
• Procedure preparation per organizational protocols (i.e., I&D, suture, pelvic, Lumbar Puncture, Chest Tubes, etc.)
• Communicate positively with all team members and patients.
• Proper delegation of duties to PCC’s, Lab Staff and Radiology Staff.
• Initiation of Pre-MD evaluation orders when appropriate to expedite patient care.
• Utilize organizational specific software to reference old patient records and organizational protocols.
• Support the Facility Leader (FL) and Nurse Operations Manager (NOM) by being a positive team player.
• Follow the information security policies and management system, contributing to their effectiveness, and actively reporting on their performance.

Qualifications

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position currently does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Required Education: Associate’s degree.

Required Experience: A minimum of 3+ years' recent experience in a Critical Care Setting (ICU) with a minimum of two years in an Emergency Room, Emergency Department (hospital, free standing). Less than 3 years’ experience may be considered with an internal recommendation.

• Active Florida RN License or compact RN license with authorization to practice in Florida. Must convert to Florida license within 60 days of hire.
• ACLS certification
• PALS certification

• Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to perform the duties expected for an active role in a busy medical environment (standing, walking, teaching, public speaking, pulling, pushing, lifting, etc.).
• Able to stand and work up to a 12-hour shift in the facility.
• *** RN’s currently employed by or affiliated with medical marijuana clinics are ineligible for hire.

Preferred Qualifications: 3 years’ experience in ER setting (hospital, freestanding) highly preferred.

Financial Responsibilities

This position does not currently have financial responsibilities.

Budget Responsibilities

This position does not currently have budget responsibilities.

Languages

Advanced English is required. Bilingual Spanish is preferred.

Travel

Up to 30% travel to support clinic operations across the market. Travel may include coverage at other clinic locations, trainings, meetings, and other operational needs as they arise.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions

Inside: The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Physical/Environmental Activities

• Must be able to travel to multiple locations for work (i.e. travel to attend meetings, events, conferences). Occasionally (1-33% of time on the job).
• May be exposed to outdoor weather conditions of cold, heat, wet, and humidity. Not Applicable N/A
• May be exposed to outdoor or warehouse conditions of loud noises, vibration, fumes, dust, odors, and mists. Not Applicable N/A
• Must be able to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, or other equipment. Not Applicable N/A
• Subject to exposure to hazardous material. Occasionally (1-33% of time on the job).