Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

The Emergency Department is a 15-bed unit that specializes in Emergency Care. We are a level IV Trauma Center that serves a diverse tourist community in Summit County. We work alongside an excellent group of physicians who service Park City and Heber hospital. We offer cross-training opportunities to multiple units in the hospital for those interested. Our average nurse to patient ratio 1:4, with 1:1 for critical patients. Critical Care Tech's (CCT's) work alongside the bedside nurse in providing care for patients. Because we're a smaller facility you'll have the opportunity enhance your clinical skills by performing EKG's, IV insertions, Foley catheter placement, splinting, reconstituting your own meds, and more. Our ED has an incredibly engaged team that strongly supports new and experienced RN's.

Position Details

·       Benefits Eligible: Yes

·       Shift Details: Full time, 36 hours/week, night shift

·       Department: Emergency Department

·       Primary Location: Park City Hospital

·       Additional Details: 5% geographical differential eligible (subject to annual review). Licensed RN experience in an Emergency Department and/or high acuity setting preferred. One year of licensed RN experience required.

Job Essentials

Assess:
Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative and developmental skills as appropriate).
Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.

Plan:
Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care.
Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education.
Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).

Implement:
Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination and collaboration as appropriate.
Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions.
Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.

Evaluate:
Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family satisfaction.
Revises plan of care as indicated, and reassesses changes as appropriate.

Professionalism:
Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.
Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice: complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.


Minimum Qualifications

Current RN License in state of practice.
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Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
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Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
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RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within five years of their start date. 

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precisio