CHARGE NURSE - FREE STANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

EAMC MISSION

At East Alabama Medical Center, our mission is high quality, compassionate health care, and that statement guides everything we do. We set high standards for customer service, quality, and keeping costs under control.

POSITION SUMMARY

The registered nurse is responsible for assessing, evaluating, and delegating the delivery of skilled patient care. The focus of assessment and intervention based on a presenting chief complaint and acuity is a specialized approach unique to the emergency nurse. ED nurses work in a stressful, fast-paced, time constrained environment where they integrate evidence-based knowledge, make rapid assessments, make critical decisions, and preform life-saving interventions, all while using prioritization and multitasking. ED nurses require a skill set that is beyond that of a traditional nurse. This skill set is specific to our environment and includes the care of a wide variety of patients. The ED nurse should be competent in caring for patients across the age continuum and requires fluid and continuous process of education, skill refinement, knowledge procurement, and risk recognition. The ED nurse has continuous interaction with physicians, patients, family members, other care areas, and management. The ED nurse is held to the ANA code of ethics and is held accountable for the improvement of patient care. The FED charge nurse will be expected to help the department with linen exchange, room upkeep, and general day to day activities to keep the department flowing appropriately. As an ED charge nurse, it is the expectation for a standard of high quality and compassionate care throughout the department to be extended to staff and assisting in their development. Charge nurses are held to the same standards of care as the

RN. POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education Graduate of a school of nursing. Minimum Experience Per Alabama Department of Public Health, all nursing staff of the free-standing emergency department will have a minimum of 1 year of emergency nursing experience. FED charge nurses should have 2 years of emergency nursing experience. Required Registration/License/Certification Registered Nursing License PALS required within 12 months of DOH or transfer BLS obtained within 90 days of hire or transfer ACLS must be obtained within 12 months of DOH/Transfer. NRP must be obtained within 12 months of DOH/Transfer. Preferred Education N/A Preferred Experience N/A Preferred Registration/License/Certification ENPC;TNCC within 18 months of DOH/Transfer Other Requirements N/A