Registered Nurse, Emergency Department CL

About This Role

This night-shift post in the Emergency Department involves planning, delivering, and managing direct patient care using the nursing process and adhering to established standards of nursing practice. The role requires clinical reasoning and critical thinking to ensure exceptional patient care.

Responsibilities

• Utilize the nursing process for the delivery and management of patient's care
• Maintain assignment of patients and caseload according to unit guidelines and established standards of practice
• Use positive customer service skills when communicating with patient and patient's family
• Utilize clinical reasoning and critical thinking
• Involve patient, family/significant others, and other disciplines in decision-making related to the patient's plan of care
• Serve as a patient and family advocate
• Implement interventions consistent with hospital standards of practice, prescribed medical plan of care, and evidence-based practice
• Document the patient assessment, plan of care, and response to intervention
• Meet all unit documentation standards
• Communicate and coordinate the patient's plan of care to ensure continuity of care
• Maintain competency in management of clinical emergencies
• Provide complete communications in SBAR format (Situation, background, assessment, recommendations) to relieving staff members and demonstrate advanced planning for the patient
• Navigate through the critical elements of the patient medical record software and Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital Intranet
• Demonstrate and apply the skill and judgment necessary to implement clinical practice

Benefits

• Signing bonus available (eligibility confirmed during interview process)

Important Details

• Schedule: Holidays - every third holiday, Weekends - every third weekend
• Shift: 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM, 3 - night shift, 12 hours
• Hours: 24 per week
• Union: MNA-Health Alliance Clinton (Massachusetts Nurses Association)

About the Company

UMass Memorial Health is the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, with more than 20,000 employees working together. Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital is part of the UMass Memorial Health Care system, serving northern central Massachusetts and committed to improving the health of people through excellence in care and comprehensive health services.