RN - ED

Registered Nurse Emergency Room Full-Time and PRN positions available Basic Purpose : Provides direct and indirect patient care. Communicates with physicians about changes in a patient's clinical condition, including assessment, planning and implementation of patient care. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

Must be able to perform general nursing duties in all nursing departments with adequate training and supervision. Participates in departmental PI improvement projects.

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Mississippi Board of Nursing or Compact State Licensure as a Registered Nurse

Emergency Room experience preferred but not required Special

National Certification as required by specific nursing units Language/Communication/organizational

Ability to speak effectively and in a professional manner to staff, management and outside individuals Mathematical

Must be able to apply basic and advanced mathematical skills in an effort to calculate medications; IV drip rates and medication dosages. Reasoning Ability : Must have the ability to apply non-judgmental reasoning capabilities whenever necessary when dealing with patients, staff, visitors and other employees. Work Environment Physical Demands : Able to sit, stand; talk, hear alarms; use hands and fingers to feel and touch; push; pull; crouch or crawl; stoop; kneel; reach with hands and arms, taste or smell.

May be required to exert up to 50-lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20-lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10-lbs. constantly. This job has vision

close, distance and color. Must be able to identify and distinguish colors, have peripheral vision and the ability to judge depth perception. Job Location : Emergency Room