About this role
Overview
Maintains established standards of care, policies, objective, and goals in administering professional nursing care to all patients needing Emergency Services.
Responsibilities
- Assesses patients, implements department protocols and provides appropriate nursing interventions and on-going assessment. Implements life support procedures in emergency situation.
- Actively facilitates patient flow in the department.
- Promotes cost consciousness by directing patients to D/C area for collections and using supplies wisely.
- Treats all patients, families, co-workers and physicians in a customer friendly manner, actively giving information to patient and family, providing comfort measures, maintaining clean work environment and calling patients for follow up as assigned.
- Maintains accurate records, legibly documents and reports patient care and charges, time of triage, time placed on bed, and time discharged from Emergency Services.
- Documents and discharges patients giving appropriate teaching information and referrals.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of emergency nursing procedures and equipment, medication administered in the department, nursing trends, practices and legal aspects of emergency nursing.
Qualifications
Education/Licensure/Certifications
Current Alabama RN license or a current RN multi-state license
Experience
Prior critical care or emergency room experience preferred.
Additional Skills/Abilities
Must have excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, requiring prioritizing and changing tasks frequently and quickly. Must have knowledge of all equipment and materials required for procedures described in the Emergency Care Center Policy/Procedure Manual and Nursing Service Procedure Manual. BCLS, ACLS, PALS and department specific competencies must be maintained. TNCC is preferred. BLS must be obtained within 90 days of employment. ACLS, and PALS must be obtained within the first year of employment.
Other facts
About Huntsville Hospital Health System
Huntsville Hospital is an 881-bed hospital that serves as the regional referral center for North Alabama and southern Tennessee. Huntsville Hospital is governed by the Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville and is the second-largest hospital in Alabama. In recent years, the hospital has expanded its services throughout the region with the development of Huntsville Hospital Health System, which includes hospitals in Huntsville, Madison, Athens, Decatur, Boaz, Guntersville, Moulton, Red Bay, Sheffield, Scottsboro, and Fayetteville, Tenn. The Health System includes more than 2,300 patient beds and 19,500 employees.
What you'll do
- The RN is responsible for assessing patients, implementing protocols, and providing nursing interventions in the Emergency Room. They also maintain accurate records and facilitate patient flow while ensuring a customer-friendly environment.
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