Registered Nurse Emergency Room

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our RN you will assume responsibility for facilitating communicating and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical emotional and spiritual needs of the patient advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.

Every day you will promote optimal patient health well-being and safety through the nursing process adhering to patient care standards guidelines and the State Nurse Practice Act and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission.

To be successful in this role you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate high-quality patient care strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive mission-driven environment.

• Assess patients physical psychosocial cultural and spiritual needs through observation interview review of medical records & clinical data.
• Evaluates patients response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including but not limited to IVs incision/wound care medication administration catheterization and specimen collections.
• Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
• Document ongoing status interventions patient response and outcomes in an accurate timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate manage knowledge mitigate error and support decision-making.
• Promote advocate and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness needs and ability.
• Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

PRN has a 10% PRN shift differential on top of base pay.

PRN requires 5 shifts (12 hr shifts) in 6 weeks.

Job Requirements

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• Active and unencumbered RN License in state of employment
• BLS from the American Heart Association
• ACLS from the American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• ENPC or PALS
• One year RN ED experience
• TNCC within one year of hire
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• CEN

Where Youll Work

At St. Catherine Hospital Dodge City our Emergency Department has 8 beds including 2 trauma ready beds and our team cares for patients of all ages from infant to end of life. Our patient population includes many industrial farming and motor vehicle accidents. As the first point of contact for many patients receiving care at our facility we strive to provide dependable fast paced & thoughtful care to each patient. Our employees enjoy being a part of a multidisciplinary team where we nurture and promote internal growth and flexible working hours including non-traditional shifts. To be part of our close-knit team we look for someone who is compassionate reliable energetic and team-oriented with excellent communication skills.

St. Catherine Hospital Dodge City is a Joint Commission accredited 99-bed hospital that serves as a regional referral center for southwest Kansas. Acute care is at the heart of what we do. St. Catherine Hospital Dodge City provides health services that include diagnostics and interventional cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. We combine patient-centered care with modern technology and medical expertise to treat a wide range of medical conditions.

Required Experience:

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