Resource Nurse RN at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, IA

Resource Nurse RN

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading facility wide huddles twice daily during shift change.
• Coordinate patient flow, staffing assignments, prioritization, and workload in both the Emergency Department and Medical Unit throughout the shift.
• Provide clinical support during trauma, STEMI, stroke, sepsis, and other high-acuity or emergent events in the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.
• Provide clinical support to nursing staff with patient transfers, procedures, IV access, and other skilled nursing needs as appropriate.
• Coordinate with hospital-based EMS regarding patient care and patient transfer needs.
• Provide break coverage and supplemental clinical support to the Emergency Department and Medical Unit when patient acuity, staffing, and overall workload safely allow.
• Coordinate inpatient admissions and facilitate communication and coordination between the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.
• Flex between the Emergency Department and Medical Unit based on patient census, acuity, admissions, discharges, observations, staffing, and workload, with priority given to the area of greatest clinical need.
• Assume direct patient care assignments in either the Emergency Department or Medical Unit when staffing needs or patient acuity require additional nursing support.
• Coordinate multiple back-to-back patient transfers and evaluate whether available EMS resources can safely accommodate additional transfers.
• Notify and coordinate additional EMS resources when needed to safely facilitate patient transfers.
• Verify that required trauma, STEMI, stroke, and other clinical alerts are activated according to policy and that required documentation and sign-in processes are completed.
• Complete shift reports and critical-event reviews, including verification that required alerts, notifications, and follow-up processes were completed.
• Identify and address clinical or operational issues in real time and notify the Administrator on Call (AOC) or appropriate leader when needed.
• Complete and distribute shift-change reports and other required communication.
• Communicate changes in patient acuity, workload, staffing needs, patient flow, and resource requirements to appropriate leaders and staff.
• Promote effective communication, collaboration, continuity of care, and safe patient care between the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.
• Assist with other clinical duties and responsibilities within the scope of practice based on the needs of the Emergency Department and Medical Unit.