Head Nurse - Emergency Room jobs in Shreveport, LA

CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas and provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. With hospitals in Lufkin Livingston and San Augustine CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial provides millions of dollars in charity care and community support each year.

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse II practices as a full partner on the multidisciplinary team. Independently plans, implements, and evaluates patient care and performs related duties as required. Assesses patient's needs for nursing care, assures continuity of care through appropriate discharge planning, patient education and coordination of services, and acts as a patient and family advocate. Demonstrates and models the full range of nursing professional practice in both patient care provided and in development of strategies to improve patient outcomes, satisfaction, and cost effectiveness at the unit level.

This patient population contains various levels of acuity requiring individualized care plans. This nursing team is highly skilled in delivering care and bringing compassion to the care plan. If you aspire to grow professionally and bring kindness to patients, you will enjoy being a member of this team! 

Requirements:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma from an accredited nursing program
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license applicable to the State of Texas
• Basic Life Support (BLS) 
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or obtained within 90 days of hire date
• Minimum one (1) year of RN experience

PRN Requirements

• PRN employees must maintain minimum standard availability, in which to perform work as follows:
• Four (4) shifts per month 
• Two (2) of the Four (4) shifts occurring on a Weekend 
• One (1) Winter Holiday 
• One (1) Summer Holiday'

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire.  This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

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