Registered Nurse - PRN at Altus Community Healthcare in Waco, TX

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

Summary

Are you looking for an exciting career in emergency medicine? Express Emergency Center offers a dynamic, fast-paced work environment with top-tier benefits, competitive pay, and amazing incentives! Join a team that values compassion, excellence, and teamwork while providing high-quality emergency care to the Harker Heights community.

Emergency Registered Nurse

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will possess extensive clinical experience in specialties, such as Emergency Rooms and or ICU . Proficiency with electronic health record (EHR) systems such as EPowerDoc, Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, and eClinicalWorks is essential. This role offers an opportunity to provide exceptional patient care in a dynamic environment, utilizing advanced skills in medical documentation, medication administration, diagnostic evaluation, and patient assessment. Candidates should have a minimum of 2 recent years in emergency or ICU medicine.

Duties

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments including vital signs, physical examinations, and physiological evaluations.
• Administer medications and injections accurately while adhering to aseptic techniques and HIPAA regulations.
• Manage airway care, ventilator support, IV infusion, catheterization, and ostomy care as required.
• Perform diagnostic procedures such as phlebotomy and specimen collection.
• Utilize MR/EHR systems like EPowerDoc, Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth to document medical records meticulously and ensure compliance with NCQA standards.
• Provide acute pain management and participate in discharge planning for inpatient and outpatient cases.
• Assist with complex procedures including suturing, gastrostomy feeding tube management, dialysis access care, and sterile processing.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in various settings such as ICU (including PICU), trauma centers (Level I & II), neonatal units with ventilators, and post-acute care environments.
• Support patients across diverse populations including pediatrics (neonatal to toddler), geriatrics with dementia or Alzheimer’s care needs, individuals with developmental disabilities or behavioral health challenges.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Valid RN license with current registration in the state of practice.
• Candidates should have a minimum of 2 recent years in emergency or ICU medicine.
• Proficiency with EMR/EHR systems such as EpowerDoc, Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth
• Demonstrated expertise in critical care procedures including ventilator management, tube feeding administration, IV insertion/infusion therapy, and aseptic techniques.
• Experience working with diverse patient populations including children (neonatal to toddler), seniors requiring memory or Alzheimer’s/dementia care.
• Ability to perform diagnostic evaluations using laboratory testing.
• Strong communication skills for triage assessments and case management across multiple healthcare disciplines.
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) ACLS and PALS.
• Join our dedicated team of healthcare professionals committed to delivering high-quality patient-centered care across a variety of clinical settings.