Emergency Department Registered Nurse
New York, NY
PRIDE Health
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department (ED) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

The ER Clinical Nurse provides safe, competent, quality care to patients and their families in the Emergency Department. This role involves applying nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practices to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care principles and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs; apply critical thinking in care management.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams on care plans.
• Prioritize patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and delegation.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model.
• Role model Relationship Centered Care practices such as Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, and Discharge Wrap Up.
• Consider patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate concerns as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.

Safety and Quality

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential for quality and safety.
• Implement process improvement strategies based on evidence and institutional policies.
• Participate in peer and institutional review processes.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Contribute to compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Apply high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Escalate safety hazards or gaps following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality and performance improvement.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with nursing leadership to ensure appropriate use and inventory of supplies.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages as needed.
• Demonstrate cost-effective patient care approaches.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Maintain accurate documentation in compliance with regulatory and legal standards.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert.
• Project a professional image and communicate with caring, respect, compassion, and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Encourage lifelong learning, scholarship, inquiry, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to role, patient population, specialty, and community needs.
• Participate in shared decision-making through specialty councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Current New York State RN License
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• Minimum 2 years Emergency Medicine experience (adult and/or pediatric patients)
• Preferred: 1 year travel experience with EPIC electronic health record system
• Trauma experience is a plus
• Additional certifications such as TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course), ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course), CEN (Certified Emergency Nurse) are advantageous

This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic Emergency Department environment, focusing on high-quality patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional growth.