Registered Nurse - Emergency Services at Saratoga Hospital – Saratoga Springs, New York

🌟 Registered Nurse

📍 Location: Saratoga Hospital, 211 Church Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

🎯 About the Role

Organizes and administers individualized, professional patient care to patients of a primary care practice. Provides nursing care as directed by the provider and in accordance with the objectives, policies and procedures of the hospital and the state Nurse Practice Act. Provides clinical leadership to other members of the care team and creates a caring and healing environment where patients and their family are the center of the care process.

📋 What You Bring

🌟 Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

💰 Salary Range: $37.00-$60.00

🎯 About the Role

The ED at Saratoga Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility that treats 40,000 patients annually, including cardia and trauma. Our 30-bed emergency department, includes a separate secured behavioral health unit with 6 additional beds where Crisis Nurses/Evaluators provide assessment.

🔍 What You’ll Do

Patient Assessments: Incorporates appropriate assessment and intervention skills that are age specific in all interactions and delivery of nursing care. Assesses patients' physical/psycho-social status. Analyzes relevant data. Integrates assessment results in care planning, goals and outcomes. Provides for therapeutic interventions based on the continued assessment, prescribed orders and input from other care providers. Provides for adequate pain management, manages IV therapy and administers medications according to critical elements. Provides for patient/colleague/self safety and protection.

Communication: Communicates with patients, colleagues, providers, and management in an accurate, considerate, and timely manner. Applies patient specific communication skills in interactions that are culturally sensitive & appropriate to age. Language barriers and sensory & cognitive deficit are accommodated. Provides report that is pertinent, concise using SBAR. Documents in a complete, timely and concise manner.

Problem Solving: Employs critical thinking skills to achieve outcomes and solve problems. Practices within limits of experience/capability. Collects and integrates data from multi sources and seeks assistance/information appropriately. Analyzes data critically in order to support clinical decision making. Displays an ability to solve problems, reason and learn utilizing evidenced based practice.

Caring Relationships: Engages in caring relationships that integrate the influence of the human experience of health, illness, and/or healing. Relationship based care is fostered with patients, their families and co-worker to create a caring and healing environment where pts/their families are the center of caring processes. Initiates non-task related introduction, converses at eye level when able, uses touch as appropriate, keeps patients/families informed, involves patients/families in decision making, anticipate needs, responds to concerns in a timely manner, rounds frequently on the 3 P's when applicable. Protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Advocates for patients/families including obtaining advanced directives when applicable. Expedites discharges per guidelines.

Time Management: Manages own work and material resources effectively. Delivers organized care by prioritizing care needs and tasks effectively. Positively adapts to changes in patients condition, assignment and expectations. Maintains clean, orderly environment of care.

Leadership: Applies leadership skills consistent with role and experience. Delegates and/or assigns care that is consistent with role, scope of practice, and abilities of recipient. Provides feedback pertinent to the situation that is positive and/or provides co-workers educational opportunities. Co-ordinates care within the multi-disciplinary team. Manages conflict in capable, effective manner. Actively participates and promotes professional practice by participating on committees, councils, policy development, or professional organizations.

Teaching: Incorporates teaching in delivery of care to promote health and prevent disease. Provides information to patient/family with consideration for individual needs. Assess for barriers to learning and motivation. Teaches patient/family to safely take and monitor effects of medications. Prepares a patient/family for prescribed treatment/procedure/discharge. Consults multi-disciplinary team as appropriate to enhance patient/family education. Provides counseling for health behaviors.

📋 What You Bring

Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Candidates with AAS in Nursing who will complete BSN within five years of date of hire will be considered. Minimum one year of experience, preferably in critical/emergency care, required.

📝 How to Apply

Click the ‘apply’ button to submit your resume and complete our online application. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis—apply today and discover what makes Saratoga Hospital a special place to grow your career.

Required Skills, Abilities and Attributes:

• Ability to organize and establish day-to-day priorities while utilizing critical thinking skills in all aspects of the job.
• Must be able to multi-task while remaining professional, focused, composed and positive.
• Excellent customer service skills and must display integrity, friendliness and compassion.
• Effective interpersonal communication and telephone skills.
• Must be able to establish an appropriate and effective rapport with patients, co-workers and medical staff.
• Must be able to demonstrate effective and appropriate written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to give, take and follow direction in a positive and appropriate manner.
• Must be flexible to take initiative and embrace new opportunities to grow both personally and organizationally.
• Must be efficient and effective in the use of resources.
• Proficient in the use of computers for e-mail and electronic medical records as applicable.

Salary Range: $37-$57.61
Pay Grade: PRN
Compensation may vary based upon, but not limited to: overall experience and qualifications, shift, and location.