Registered Nurse ER $10k sign-on bonus variable shift

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Emergency Services

Job Summary:

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Responsible for planning, organizing, and administering patient care within the scope of his/her training and expertise, collaborating with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes is met. This is done in conjunction with the objectives and policies of the hospital and the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Tennessee.

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Hours of Position: 36 hours/week; variable shift (combination of 7p-7a, 7a-7p and/or 11a-11p or 10a-10p)

$10k Sign-on Bonus for eligible candidates:

Current employees and candidates who have worked at Vanderbilt within the last year are not eligible.

The Emergency Department is located on the 1st floor at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital (VTHH). 

The environment on our unit is fast-paced, focused on teamwork, and full of learning opportunities.

We care for patients of all ages in our community who are being treated for a wide variety of urgent, emergent, or even life-threatening problems.  Our patients are unique because of diverse diagnoses and specialized medical needs.

One of the perks of working on our unit is our dedication to teamwork which creates a family atmosphere. Our nurses are successful because they have strong assessment and communication skills, practice teamwork and collaboration, and are flexible to meet our patients’ needs.

We orient new nurses to our unit by providing a 2-to-12-week individualized unit-specific orientation with dedicated preceptors.  

WE ENCOURAGE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.

If your career goal is emergency medicine or Advanced Practice Nursing, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Emergency Department can help with this by providing multiple diverse skills and continuing education opportunities.

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Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• NURSING PATIENT ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION HOME CARE(NOVICE): : Possesses ample fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstr