As a Registered Nurse Emergency Services Coordinator, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. Youll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.
Job Summary and Qualifications
We are seeking a Registered NurseEMS Coordinator for our dynamic Emergency Department. You will provide clinical expertise to ensure all patients receive high quality, efficient care in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply now.
What you will do in this role:
- Responsible for greeting and offloading all EMS arrivals during scheduled shift
- Meeting Assumption of Care standards as set by HCA
- Collaborates with EMS partners to create an environment of teamwork that supports improved outcomes and service
- Assists in managing department flow through coordination with assigned Clinical Nurse Coordinator
- Provides recommendations related to the EMS offloading process.
- Recommends and implements courses of action including training and development of relief EMS RNs
- Responsible for properly reception of the patient and initiating patient care
- Will properly hand off each patient to receiving RN for continuity of care
- Functions as a clinical resource for staff members and assist in necessary education of the nursing staff when not offloading EMS
- Prepares and ensures equipment in the EMS offload area is functional
- Participates in quarterly educational and training events with Hospital staff and EMS agencies
Requirements:
- BSN required.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working in a Critical Care or Emergency Department setting required.
- Must be licensed as a Florida Registered Nurse in accordance with state regulations or appropriate compact licensure. If compact license held, active FL RN license required within 60 days of hire.
- Previous experience in an acute care setting strongly preferred.
- Current BLS (Basic Life Support) certification required.
- Current ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification required within 6 months of hire/transfer.
- Current PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) and/or ENPC (Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course) certifications required within 6 months of hire/transfer.
- Current NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale) certification required within 6 months of hire/transfer.
- Current TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Course) required within 6 months of hire/transfer.
- Current CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) training required within 6 months of hire/transfer.
- CEN/CPEN national board certifications preferred; required within 6 months of position effective date.
- Critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal communication skills, ability to read/comprehend written instructions, ability to follow verbal instructions, PC skills
Benefits
HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
"Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing."
Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare
HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital is dedicated to improving health outcomes and enhancing the well-being of our community. Our Patients health is our top priority!
Accredited by The Joint Commission, our 88-bed acute care facility has been serving Lehigh Acres, Florida, since 1965. We offer specialty care services including Emergency Services, Cardiology, Critical Care, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Nephrology, Orthopedics, and Pathology, all delivered with dignity and respect.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Emergency Services Coordinator opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
