Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Wilmington, Delaware
RN
Posted Sep 8
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Full Time
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Delaware is $37/hr, across 43 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Duties
Duties include, but are not limited to
- Main ED assignment - Total patient care
- Update vital signs on all patients every 2 hours
Read the full posting
- Document all procedures, observations in CPRS
- Complete ER assessment prior to departure if consult patient is admitted
- Observe patients waiting for surgery/specialty consult
- Simple wound care (wound wraps, ace bandages, administration of bacitracin ointment, applying band aid, etc.)
- Administer PO and IM medications
- Assist in GI tube placement
- Assist with complex wound care (I&D, laceration repair, etc.)
- Monitor patients that are stable and are scheduled for radiological imaging
- Initiate peripheral line
- Triage ambulances
- Triage walk-in patients
- Starting IV and EKG in triage area if the ED is full
- Transporting level 1, 2, 3 patients to main ED
- Crutch training, applying slings/knee immobilizers, etc.
- Direct patients to assigned clinic/appointments
- Apply armbands to patients
- Manage EDIS board
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure
1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work
Schedule
Rotating
Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Job Type: Full-time Pay: $68,484.00 - $124,100.00 per year
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Education
- Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience
- ER: 1 year (Required)
License/
Certification
- BLS Certification (Preferred)
- RN (Preferred)
Shift availability
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- ER: 1 year
Benefits highlights
- Paid holidays
- Vision insurance
- AWHEP
Place
- City
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Median rent
- $1,224/mo
- Local household income
- $58,671/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Wilmington area index 102.6, where 100 is the national average.
Wilmington sits along the Christina River in northern Delaware, offering nurses easy access to Philadelphia while maintaining a smaller-city feel with historic districts and riverfront development.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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