Registered Nurse - Belpre Pediatric Emergency Room - Flex 0.5 (40 hrs biweekly) (71659)

Memorial Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Belpre Pediatric Emergency Room. This is a flex position offering 40 hours biweekly. You will provide professional nursing care in a pediatric emergency setting, working within a continuous quality improvement environment while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and confidentiality.

Clinical Setting

You will work in a pediatric emergency room environment, caring for children and their families during acute care situations. The role requires effective triage, rapid assessment, and coordinated care delivery in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities

• Participate in bedside shift report and handoff procedures
• Perform hourly patient rounding
• Obtain and document required patient assessments and reassessments per nursing policy
• Recognize changes in patient condition and communicate with physicians using SBAR communication
• Implement and monitor nursing interventions
• Coordinate timely and adequate patient and family teaching in preparation for discharge
• Document all assessments, interventions, and outcomes in Meditech within required timeframes
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounding and collaborate with team members to identify patient needs
• Effectively manage patient care and delegate appropriately based on patient needs and caregiver skill level
• Facilitate admission, handoff, transfer, and discharge procedures
• Coordinate with physician's plan of care regarding admission assessment and discharge needs
• Demonstrate effective patient triage and maintain triage competency
• Collect data related to physical, psychological, and psychosocial health status
• Develop and revise plans of care and teaching plans based on assessed patient and family needs
• Utilize A.I.D.E.T. with all patient interactions
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families based on empathy and trust
• Promote positive patient experience
• Use effective interpersonal communication to facilitate productive relationships with team members
• Maintain current knowledge of and practice within hospital policies
• Clarify unclear communication between healthcare team members
• Use proper channels of authority when communicating information
• Seek help from appropriate resources as needed
• Assume all other duties and responsibilities as necessary

Required Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio (or West Virginia license if working in WV)
• BLS certification required upon hire
• Annual stroke education certification required upon hire
• ACLS certification required within 1 year of employment
• PALS certification required within 1 year of employment
• TNCC certification required within 1 year of employment
• NRP certification required within 1 year of employment
• Maintains compliance in RQI
• Verbal, clerical, and numerical skills
• Manual dexterity, color vision, and near visual acuity

Preferred Qualifications

• ASLS certification upon hire

Stroke Education

Stroke education is required during orientation and may include access to stroke policies, completion of online stroke module education, NIHSS training, ASLS, and T-PA administration training.

Schedule

Flex position: 40 hours biweekly

Compensation and Benefits

Education, experience, and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended. Memorial Health System offers an affordable, comprehensive benefit package to all full-time and flex-time employees. Bonus eligibility is available to qualifying full-time or flex-time employees; eligibility will be determined upon offer. For more information about benefits, visit www.mhsystem.org/benefits.

Additional Requirements

Memorial Health System is a federal drug-free workplace. This policy prohibits marijuana use by employees.