Registered Nurse – Emergency Department Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Registered Nurse – Emergency Department to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Performs a variety of tasks;
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals;
- Independently assesses and evaluates patient needs;
- Participates in Quality Improvement activities;
- Ensures that all physician orders for patients under their care are noted and correctly transcribed;
- Provides age and culturally appropriate care;
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required;
- Carries out physician orders;
- Instructs and educates patients and families;
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs;
- Assesses and coordinates patient’s discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team;
- Considers principles of Emergency Nursing assessment while formulating appropriate nursing interventions for disease/trauma entity;
- Facilitates the flow of patients through the emergency care system ensuring timely evaluation according to the health care needs of the patients;
- Demonstrates an on-going knowledge of hospital and unit performance improvement processes and participates in the process;
- Communicates and works effectively with other staff and other departments.
Requirements:
- Advanced skills in reading, writing and oral communication;
- Demonstrates knowledge of basic skills of professional nurse;
- Demonstrates skills in the use of clinical information systems, basic skills in keyboarding and use of computer systems;
- Current Pennsylvania RN licensure;
- Previous RN experience, preferred;
- Current BLS Certification;
- Attends all hospital/nurse manager specified mandatory in-services;
- Maintains competencies as identified in unit specific requirements.