Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

Lawrence General Hospital • Methuen, MA • 1w ago

At Merrimack Health, we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The base salary range is $37.50 to $76.34 hourly, excluding fringe benefits and potential bonuses.

Your final base salary will be determined based on your education, experience, licensure, and internal equity considerations. Offers are typically made below the top of the range to support future salary growth.

Emergency nurses specialize in assessing, intervening and stabilizing a variety of trauma and illnesses with decisive action. Due to the range of medical conditions that may require urgent treatment and care, they must be knowledgeable about general as well as specific health issues.

Job Duties:

Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.

Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources necessary.

Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g., seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.)

Provides thorough, timely and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses including assessment, care plan, patient goals and interventions according to established standards.

Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e., appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).

Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician's orders, protocols, policies, and procedures.

Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, utilizing the pain scale (e.g., numerical, FACES and functional goals.)

Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as documents assessment and patients' response to medication.

Readily accepts accountability for designated patient and effectively hands off patient as required.

Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.

Critical thinking skills and ability to perform medication dosing calculations.

Demonstrates clinical competence in the specialty area of nursing practice preferred.

Qualifications:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.

Current nursing license in Massachusetts required.

BCLS required.

ACLS required within 6 months of hire.

TNCC and ENPC required within 1 year of hire.

About Merrimack Health

Merrimack Health is the region's first health care system serving the Merrimack Valley, prioritizing care and services based on the needs of its patients. Serving communities across Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire, Merrimack Health includes hospitals in Lawrence, Haverhill, and Methuen, as well as a network of community-based physician practices. A recognized leader in heart care and stroke treatment, maternal and child health, orthopedics, surgical care, trauma and emergency services, behavioral health, and outpatient programs, Merrimack Health delivers trusted, compassionate care close to home.

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