Registered Nurse Emergency - Full Time Nights

Texas Health•Cleburne, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Emergency delivers patient care using the Nursing Process: assessing patients, planning and providing care, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The nurse incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, addresses patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintains continuity of care across shifts and hospitals, including while expediting out-of-hospital transfers. This is a full-time role in the Emergency Department at Texas Health Cleburne, a 17-bed Level 4 Trauma Emergency Department. The schedule is three 12-hour night shifts per week, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays. The department offers self-scheduling, high-tech equipment, an engaged leadership team, a strong Unit Based Council, and a partnership with its physician group.

Requirements

Associate degree from an accredited nursing program or a nursing diploma required.
One year of experience as a registered nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
BCLS certification before providing independent care and maintained quarterly.
ACLS certification within 90 days of hire.
CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) training within 90 days of hire.
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) within 90 days of hire.
TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) within 12 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
One year of Emergency experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care utilizing the Nursing Process.
Assess patients.
Plan patient care.
Intervene as appropriate.
Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ information needs.
Maintain continuity of patient care across shifts and hospitals, including while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.