EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) REGISTERED NURSE

EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) REGISTERED NURSE

Job Summary: The Emergency Room Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for patients in our Emergency Department and Outpatient facilities. You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure efficient and effective patient management. Your clinical expertise, critical thinking skills, and ability to remain calm under pressure will be crucial in providing high-quality care to patients in emergency situations. This position requires excellent communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.

Essential duties

• Provides comprehensive patient care in an Emergency Room/Trauma setting
• Triage
• Collaborates on the overall care plan for the patient as evidenced by written documentation; collects and documents data appropriate to the nature and severity of the illness
• Interprets and implements physicians' orders: performs treatments according to accepted standards
• Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, identifies dysrhythmias, and ability to monitor hemo-dynamic status of the patient
• Initiates and assists with emergency procedures and initiates resuscitative measures according to advanced life support protocols
• Demonstrates knowledge and use of telemetry cardiac monitors, IV infusion pump, glucometer etc.
• Ensures that the crash cart is checked daily
• Assesses effectiveness of medications given to patients each shift

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited University or equivalent
• Certified Emergency Nurse Certification preferred
• Certifications: BLS, ACLS, and PALS
• Intravenous access training course
• Completion of mandatory competencies

Experience

• 2 years' experience in a clinical setting
• 2 years plus experience in an emergency room setting preferred

Licensure

• Current registration with Bahamas Nursing Council

Personal Attributes

• Skilled at observing set nursing standards and protocols
• Ability to function effectively in high pressure situations
• Places strong value on confidentiality
• Strong interpersonal skills and moral/ethical values; team oriented