Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

UnityPoint Health - Fort Dodge

FTE: 0.9 (Full-time, 36 hours per week)

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

• Assesses and monitors total physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs of patients of all ages.
• With guidance from/collaboration with other health team members, develops and maintains with the patient/significant other, an individualized, professional approach to patient care reflective of changing needs/goals as determined by evaluating the patient/significant other response.
• Provides nursing care in accordance with nursing standards.
• Assesses and plans for discharge needs, evaluates patients and significant others educational needs and initiates and implements appropriate teaching or makes appropriate referrals.
• Documents nursing care consistent with documentation guidelines.
• Communicates with other members of the healthcare team in order to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services.
• Participates in unit operations demonstrating professional behaviors to include supporting goals of Nursing unit and maintaining awareness of resource utilization.
• Participates in non-direct patient care activities including educational activities, performance improvement activities, standards development and review, hospital/nursing committees and other related activities.
• Demonstrates positive customer relation skills.
• Participates in discharge phone calls and documents in record
• Participates in assigned department performance improvement initiatives
• Adheres to all department and hospital policies.

Triage Responsibilities (if assigned)

• Assures patients are acknowledged upon arrival, and triaged expeditiously
• Completes triage within 5-10 minutes including:
  • Chief Complaint
  • Vital Signs, to include weights on pediatric patients
  • Initiates ASAP ED Chart
• Identifies the components of the rapid triage assessment of adults/adolescents/pediatrics
• Accurately assigns the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
• Makes a triage category determination based on chief complaint and nursing judgment
• Practices immediate bedding process when beds are available
• Implements ED Triage protocols if indicated when immediate bedding is unavailable.
• Responsible for patients in the waiting room. Rounds and reassesses ED patients per policy.   Documents reassessment in ASAP.  Appropriately notifies charge nurse of issues and requests support when needed
• Reassess patients waiting and initiates/documents essential triage to include but not limited to:
  • Arrival Info
  • Work related
  • Allergies
  • Medications
  • Screening questions (e.g. sepsis, domestic violence, fall, advanced directives suicide)
  • OB/Gyn Status
  • Destination

Education:

Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing required.  

Required to obtain 4 hours of annual stroke education.

Bachelors in Nursing preferred.

Experience:

ED or Critical Care experience preferred.

One year of acute care nursing experience acceptable.

License(s)/Certification(s):

Current RN Licensure in state of Iowa or applicable compact state.   Must be licensed in state of residence.

Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS), and Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC)

Completion of hospital-approved Critical Care course within 18 months of employment.