Job Posting
Primary Purpose: To provide quality patient care following the standards using the nursing process in order to maintain a safe environment, to provide patient and family education, and to provide proper documentation for billing.
Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities: Formally responsible for making recommendations regarding policies associated with the job's purpose and essential responsibilities.
Routine Decision Making: Triages patients, performs nursing process and determines all aspects of nursing care; administers medications and treatments appropriately.
Formal Supervisory Responsibility: No formal supervisory responsibility.
Required Knowledge: Nursing process; critical care; medications and treatments; growth and development; disease processes; anatomy and physiology.
Required Skills and Ability: Good communication skills; auscultation, palpation and IV skills; time management skills; ability to utilize and interpret emergency equipment.
Unusual Working Conditions: Risk of blood, body fluid contamination. Risk for injury from aggressive, combative or disoriented patients. Potential exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals.
Education and Certification/Registration Required for the Position: Two to four-year RN degree; current licensure in the state of Missouri; ACLS, BLS, PALS and TNCC required, one year of critical care or Emergency experience preferred. Eight (8) CE's specific to trauma (six (6) adult trauma CE's and two (2) pediatric trauma CE's) that are approved by the trauma medical director and completed annually. Four (4) CE's specific to stroke that are approved by the stroke medical director and completed annually. This position requires annual completion of NIH stroke scale certification. NVCI or equivalent class as determined to be required by the facility.
Population Specific Competencies: Recognizes the importance that diversity/cultural beliefs have when delivering care to the populations served at Cass Regional.
Age Specific Competencies: Provides care to neonates (birth to 6 weeks), infants (6 weeks-2 year), children (2 yr-12 yrs); adolescent patients between 12 to 18 years of age; adult patients between 18 to 64 years; and geriatric patients 65 years and older.
Qualifications: Active RN license. BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS, and TNCC required. Previous ER experience preferred.