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Essential Key Job Responsibilities
- Performs routine, urgent, and STAT electrocardiogram (EKG) procedures on acute and ambulatory patient populations.
- Applies and removes ambulatory rhythm monitors.
- Edits and processes reports in the EKG PACS system.
- Performs daily maintenance and quality control.
- Cleans and stocks rooms and carts.
- Performs preventive maintenance on equipment. Staff member will contact clinical engineering, supervisor, or director if equipment is malfunctioning or requires repair.
- Participates in all safety, security and infection control programs that are mandatory as well as those required by the department or facility.
- Demonstrates work practices consistent with CHI Health values and department specific safety, security and infection control policies.
- Authorized to make entries in the medical record that are within the scope of the position.
- Abides by applicable laws and regulations relative to safety, security, and patient privacy (HIPAA).
- Must have ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a diverse and multi-cultural environment.
- The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to the essential functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.
St. Luke's Vintage Hospital's Emergency Departments attend to all emergencies—when minutes count— including heart attacks and strokes. Upon each patient’s arrival, a triage process (to assess the degree of urgency) determines the order in which all patients are seen and the most efficient care plan. Our 20 bed emergency department provides front line for care for patients as we are an accredited Chest Pain Center.
Job Responsibilities
As a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department (ED), you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits.
Additional responsibilities for this health care role include:
- Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs
- Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients
- Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders
- Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Supports the Emergency Department professional clinical staff by providing direct patient care, performing phlebotomy functions, EKGs and assistive skills on all age groups: neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric as assigned by the physician or RN. Performs clerical work and coordinates communications within the assigned nursing unit. Facilitates the information exchange process between the nursing area and other hospital departments. These duties may vary by shift and assigned department.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assist Triage Nursing in meeting the needs of individuals in the waiting area, with vitals, rooming patients, and helping get patients out of car.
- Completes daily stocking in assigned team.
- Assists RN with arrival of EMS patients.
- Transports patients to other departments within the hospital (CT, Surgery, and to admitted floor).
- Cleans room (changes linens on carts, disposes of used equipment and disposable items, and wipes down counters and sinks when necessary) in preparation for the next patient.
- Rounding hourly on patients and meeting their needs or communicating them to the RN.
- Performs or assists patients with personal hygiene such as oral care, dressing/undressing and elimination needs.
- Collects and accurately labels various specimens, including urine and venous blood specimens.
- Performs tasks including positioning and maintaining patient in correct and safe alignment; measuring and recording temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure; measuring and recording height and weight as directed.
- Assists with post-mortem care as directed by the clinical staff.
- Performs or assists with CPR.
- Communicates changes/information regarding patient's physical/mental condition to the RN.
- Performs and transmits 12-Lead EKG.
- Performs urethral catheterization (intermittent and indwelling).
- Answers incoming phone calls and places calls to ancillary departments and physicians.
- Completes physicians order for inpatient bed in TeleTracking system.
- Orders transport for patients in the TeleTracking system.
- Prepares charts for scanning and log them into Lynx.
JOB SUMMARY: Manages and oversees patient care activities in the Emergency Room. Develops and oversees performance improvement goals and plans. Provides leadership and mentoring to staff, promoting ongoing staff development and high quality nursing care which meets or exceeds customer expectations. Provides management of operational activities. Develops unit budgets and evaluates costs, revenue, and department income. Develops and reviews unit staffing plans. Consults with staff, physicians, and administration to ensure patients needs are met.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Meets all requirements of Emergency staff nurse positions.
- Provides for smooth operation of units.
- Develops/evaluates performance improvement plans for assigned units. Evaluates quality on an ongoing basis.
- Works and collaborates with the ED Medical Director to ensure best clinical practices, continually improving ED quality measures and Press Ganey Scores.
- Responsible for organizing and advanced preparation of documents for the quarterly ED/SCU/Trauma Meeting in collaboration with the ED Medical Director.
- Maintains current knowledge of practice standards for assigned units and implements changes/updates as needed.
- Plans unit budgets and evaluates effectively.
- Plans appropriate staffing patterns which ensure safe and efficient patient care.
- Provides for professional growth and development of staff.
- Promotes a multi-disciplinary team approach to all patient care.
- Assists staff in planning for change and negotiating change effectively.
- Demonstrates professional behavior and appearance.
- Demonstrates commitment to customer service.
JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for the admission of the patient to the hospital when the patient is admitted through the Emergency Department. Assists with the collection of data from the Emergency Services patient and their family, contacting ancillary staff as needed, making transfer arrangements, and ordering and maintaining office supplies. Responsible for assisting with collection and input of data as needed for QI. Works closely with the patients, patient families, physician offices and the financial/clinical departments to ensure accurate data capture and customer service. Locations for data capture include the Business Office, and bedside registration and inpatient admissions. The Support Associate operates the hospital switchboard, maintains a cash drawer for patient payments / internal cashier and is the center of communication for the hospital.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Demonstrates professional attitude and interest in work by maintaining acceptable work habits and behavior.
- Demonstrates knowledge of all clerical duties in the emergency department
- Performs key duties accurately, efficiently and effectively – obtaining patient demographic information, keying demographic information into our health information system, assigning patient account numbers, obtaining signatures on all required documents, welcoming and directing all visitors, assuming the communication center responsibilities during emergency situations, cashiering, maintaining accurate patient demographic information throughout the stay such as room transfers/level of care transfers/attending physician changes/discharges, administering Medicaid presumptive eligibility, validating insurance information via insurance websites or Medicaid phone eligibility and coordinating incoming switchboard calls.
- Demonstrates knowledge of use of computer, fax/copier, telephone, pre-hospital radio, fire alarm panel.
- Demonstrates the ability to correctly admit the patient to the hospital.
- Demonstrates the ability to function calmly and efficiently as the communication center.
- Demonstrates ability to maintain strict confidentiality regarding patient, family members, and employees.
- Demonstrates knowledge and ability in the collection of data as needed for quality improvement.
- Demonstrates dependability in attendance and punctuality.
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Position Summary
Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning functions in patient care unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests.
Position Responsibilities:
1. Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
2. Monitors and records vital signs
3. Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
4. Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
5. Obtains and records daily weight
6. Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
7. Reports changes in patient’s status promptly to RN
8. Performs as patient care companion when needed
9. Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process
10. Performs unit housekeeping needs.
11. Acts as a runner/transporter
12. Acts as receptionist for unit; has limited use of the hospital information systems according to hospital policy dependent on the need of unit
13. Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel
14. Updates assigned bed status
15. Answers call lights and telephone
16. Keeps patient environment clean, Performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions
17. Communicates with patient’s family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner
Position Summary
Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning functions in patient care unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
- Monitors and records vital signs
- Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
- Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
- Obtains and records daily weight
- Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
- Reports changes in patient’s status promptly to RN
- Performs as patient care companion when needed
- Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process
- Performs unit housekeeping needs.
- Acts as a runner/transporter
- Acts as receptionist for unit; has limited use of the hospital information systems according to hospital policy dependent on the need of unit
- Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel
- Updates assigned bed status
- Answers call lights and telephone
- Keeps patient environment clean, Performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions
- Communicates with patient’s family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner
Position Summary
Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning functions in patient care unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
- Monitors and records vital signs
- Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
- Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
- Obtains and records daily weight
- Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
- Reports changes in patient’s status promptly to RN
- Performs as patient care companion when needed
- Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process
- Performs unit housekeeping needs.
- Acts as a runner/transporter
- Acts as receptionist for unit; has limited use of the hospital information systems according to hospital policy dependent on the need of unit
- Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel
- Updates assigned bed status
- Answers call lights and telephone
- Keeps patient environment clean, Performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions
- Communicates with patient’s family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner
Position Summary
Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning functions in patient care unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
- Monitors and records vital signs
- Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
- Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
- Obtains and records daily weight
- Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
- Reports changes in patient’s status promptly to RN
- Performs as patient care companion when needed
- Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process
- Performs unit housekeeping needs.
- Acts as a runner/transporter
- Acts as receptionist for unit; has limited use of the hospital information systems according to hospital policy dependent on the need of unit
- Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel
- Updates assigned bed status
- Answers call lights and telephone
- Keeps patient environment clean, Performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions
- Communicates with patient’s family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner
Position Summary
Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning functions in patient care unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
- Monitors and records vital signs
- Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
- Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
- Obtains and records daily weight
- Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
- Reports changes in patient’s status promptly to RN
- Performs as patient care companion when needed
- Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process
- Performs unit housekeeping needs.
- Acts as a runner/transporter
- Acts as receptionist for unit; has limited use of the hospital information systems according to hospital policy dependent on the need of unit
- Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel
- Updates assigned bed status
- Answers call lights and telephone
- Keeps patient environment clean, Performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions
- Communicates with patient’s family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner
Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she Responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.
Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she Responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.
Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she Responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.
Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she Responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.
Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she Responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.
JOB SUMMARY: In accordance with our mission and core values, this position is established to actively participate on the patient care team by providing basic bedside care including obtaining IV access via a peripheral, external jugular, or intra-osseous route, phlebotomy, administering ACLS/PALS medications and associated procedures in a code situation, administering IV crystalloid solutions per physician order, and obtaining EKGs as well as assisting patients with activities of daily living, under the direction of the RN. Paramedics will also be allowed to perform tracheal intubation under the direction of the physician covering the ER. There will be a skills lab every six months with a designated provider to maintain intubation competency. Teamwork is a vital component to this role as it ensures effective collaboration efforts in the Emergency Department.
As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits.
Additional responsibilities for this Emergency Room RN role include:
- Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs
- Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients
- Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders
- Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families
#LI-CHI
As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits.
Additional responsibilities for this Emergency Room RN role include:
- Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs
- Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients
- Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders
- Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families
As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits.
Additional responsibilities for this Emergency Room RN role include:
- Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs
- Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients
- Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders
- Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families
As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits.
Additional responsibilities for this Emergency Room RN role include:
- Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs
- Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients
- Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders
- Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families
