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Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMorristown, VT, USA$33.05 - $56.45 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • An Associate Degree or certification equivalent is required.
  • Current Vermont licensure and Basic Life Support (BLS) are required.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate the unit-specific skills required for the assigned service area.
  • Integrate knowledge of the patient populations served in the unit, apply expected norms when planning interventions, and demonstrate the relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  • Meet hospital standards for telephone etiquette, customer service, professional comportment, inter- and intra-departmental relations, confidentiality, corporate compliance, patient and provider rights, UOR reporting, quality improvement, and the Code of Conduct.
  • Develop and maintain caring relationships, adapt care for diverse populations, assist colleagues with care delivery, and refer concerns to appropriate resources.
  • Incorporate teaching into care, demonstrate health-promotion and disease-prevention competence, provide appropriate information to patients and families, assess learning barriers, and use colleagues as learning resources.
  • Provide competent care to the applicable patient population, which may include infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, and complete competency verification.
  • Manage time and resources, organize a multitask workload, adapt to assignment changes, use supplies appropriately, and request assistance when needed.
  • Coordinate care within the multidisciplinary team, interact professionally, communicate directly, and understand the scope of practice for self and others.
  • Support the organization's values of compassion and respect for human dignity, professional competence, service, honesty, confidentiality, and stewardship.
  • During critical care transports, provide direct care to ill or injured patients alongside EMS personnel and in accordance with transport and treatment protocols and the transferring physician's written and standing orders; assess, treat, and monitor patients during inter-facility transports.
  • Participate in continuing and mandatory education to maintain competence and gain skills; document attendance; complete annual reviews and required training, including Healthstream topics and BLS renewal; meet attendance and punctuality expectations; and attend unit meetings or retrieve meeting information.
  • Apply critical thinking, integrate knowledge and skills, consider alternatives, collect and integrate data from multiple sources, and seek assistance or information appropriately.
  • Communicate accurately and promptly with patients, team members, and management; report pertinent data, complete forms and charting, protect confidentiality, attend staff meetings or retrieve their information, and read communications.
  • Apply age-specific safety measures during disaster response and evacuation, patient transfers, security-risk reduction, use of restraints or immobilization devices, and equipment use.
  • Apply appropriate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care, including medical asepsis, physical assessment, monitoring, pain management, reporting, therapeutic interventions, medication administration, IV-line management, evaluation and revision of care plans, procedures, and medical technology.

Desired Qualifications

  • A minimum of one year of experience is preferred.

About the Company

Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Copley Hospital is a not-for-profit critical access hospital that serves Lamoille County and north central Vermont with inpatient and outpatient medical care, including a 24-hour emergency department and the Copley Birthing Center. Care is delivered by a 75-member medical staff in a small, warm, patient-centered setting with state-of-the-art facilities. What sets Copley apart is its not-for-profit mission to treat all patients regardless of ability to pay, strong focus on patient experience, and recognition such as Hospital of the Year and top national rankings. Its goal is to provide accessible, high-quality medical care to the community while maintaining personalized service and continued patient satisfaction.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Morristown, VT
Founded
1932

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