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#REF!•Plano, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the GI Lab at Texas Health Plano is responsible for delivering high-quality patient care through nursing education, research, and innovations in practice. This role involves responding to basic human needs, honoring human respect, engaging family/caregivers, understanding patients' frames of reference, mutual problem-solving, attentive reassurance, encouraging manner, and creating a healing environment. The GI Lab department is a fast-paced, high-volume unit that promotes internal growth and offers education opportunities, with a history of high retention and low turnover.

Requirements

Nursing Diploma in Nursing required or Associate’s degree in nursing required or Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred
Other – CIAFE Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency required
1 year of experience a Registered Nurse or completion of an RN residency program required
RN – Registered Nurse upon hire required
BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly upon hire required
A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

6-months direct Endo/GI Lab experience as a RN strongly preferred
ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days of hire required
PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days of hire required

Responsibilities

Responds to others' priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.
Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance.
Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.
Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.
The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.
The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.