Department/Position Details:

• No specific ratios to share as volumes are always changing

• No specific Nurse to Patient ratios as volumes are always changing
• Work closely with team of physicians and CNAs to support the patient as needed
• Types of patients: car accident, sports injuries, broken bones and cuts, uncontrolled bleeding, chest pain, breathing difficulties, stroke, allergic reactions, abdominal pain, etc
• Treat patients across the age continuum

Essential Job Functions:

• Formulate clinical decisions and implement multi-dimensional plans of care that demonstrate independent judgment and critical thinking consistent with private, state and federal regulations.
• Promote and enhance collaborative practice within the health care team to meet the physical and psychosocial needs of patients.
• Demonstrate continued involvement in professional growth by developing personal education objectives and participating in professional growth opportunities to assure continued adherence to professional standards and provision of quality patient care.
• Provide input into the department’s operational budget process by determining priorities for allocation of resources to meet identified department goals.
• Demonstrate and promote the Performance Improvement process to ensure the highest quality of patient care.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age /weight of the patients served.
• Comply with safety activities, policies and procedures and regulatory requirements such as OSHA and The Joint Commission.
• Employee is responsible for all other duties as assigned for which competency has been demonstrated.

Skills Needed:

• IVs, lab draws, medication administration, patient education, documentation/charting, dressing changes, conscious sedation, perform EKGs, DME/splints/braces, doppler usage, cardiac monitoring, oxygen applications with airway management, nursing assessments, patient call backs/updates

Position Requirements:

Education:

• Graduate from an accredited school/college of nursing.
• Required Registered Nursing licensed in the State of Nebraska or eligible compact state.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Emergency Nurses Pediatric Course (ENPC) required

Experience:

• 1+ Years of RN (Registered Nurse) Experience Preferred

Physical:

• This position is classified as Medium Work in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, requiring the exertion of up to 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and /or 10 to 25 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.