Your future role at a glanceLocation: Luling, TX
Facility: Seton Edgar B Davis Hospital
Department/Specialty: Emergency Department
Schedule: Full-time | Night Shift
How you'll make an impact in this roleCoordinate unit staffing and provide leadership while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care for one or more assigned nursing specialty areas: Cardiovascular/Cath Lab, Surgical Services, Emergency/Triage, Endoscopy, Adult or Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care, Labor & Delivery/Women & Family.
- Assign, direct, educate and monitor nursing and support associates during assigned shifts.
- Meet with staff and exercise independent judgment to plan the shifts, services, and patient care.
- Assess daily patient care needs and develop and distribute patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given and is accountable for maintaining productivity standards and justifying variances to unit manager or designee.
- Respond to complaints about patient care and manage through established channels.
- Facilitate availability of adequate material, resources and supplies.
- Set priorities appropriate to daily patient/physician dynamics.
- Provide input into hiring, training, directing, development and evaluation of staff.
What minimum requirements you'll needLicensure / Certification / Registration:
- BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
- Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
Education:
- Required professional licensure/certification AND 1 year of cumulative job specific experience required.
What additional preferences we're seeking- 3 year previous emergency department experience preferred.
- 1 year previous RN emergency department charge experience preferred.
ResponsibilitiesCoordinate unit staffing and provide leadership while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care for one or more assigned nursing specialty areas: Cardiovascular/Cath Lab, Surgical Services, Emergency/Triage, Endoscopy, Adult or Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care, Labor & Delivery/Women & Family.
- Assign, direct, educate and monitor nursing and support associates during assigned shifts.
- Meet with staff and exercise independent judgment to plan the shifts, services, and patient care.
- Assess daily patient care needs and develop and distribute patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given and is accountable for maintaining productivity standards and justifying variances to unit manager or designee.
- Respond to complaints about patient care and manage through established channels.
- Facilitate availability of adequate material, resources and supplies.
- Set priorities appropriate to daily patient/physician dynamics.
- Provide input into hiring, training, directing, development and evaluation of staff.
QualificationsLicensure / Certification / Registration:
- BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
- Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
Education:
- Required professional licensure/certification AND 1 year of cumulative job specific experience required.
