Registered Nurse/RN – Telemetry Full Time Nights

Texas Health Resources•Rockwall, TX

4h•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health is hiring a Registered Nurse II for the Telemetry Department at Texas Health Rockwall, located at 3150 Horizon Rd, Rockwall, TX 75032. This full-time position works 36 hours per week on nights, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., across three 12-hour shifts. The schedule includes every other weekend and two major and two minor holidays. There is no call, and nurses self-schedule. The employee must attend training at the corporate office in Arlington during the first 1–5 days of hire. The role involves providing high-quality patient care through nursing education, research, and innovations in nursing practice. Nurses respond to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; honor each person’s worth; seek to understand individual perspectives; involve families and caregivers in care; and support patients and families in understanding and addressing health and illness. The nurse listens attentively and reliably, and creates a healing environment that provides privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility. The Telemetry Department offers a supportive team environment, a strong shared-governance structure with unit-based councils that empower nurses to shape their work environment, and new and advanced equipment and technology. Texas Health Rockwall is a 105-bed acute-care hospital serving Rockwall, Kaufman, Hunt, and surrounding counties. Its services include medical and surgical care, a Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, labor and delivery, cardiac catheterization, interventional radiology, surgery, emergency and intensive care, and additional outpatient and specialty services.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or associate’s degree in Nursing required; a bachelor’s degree in Nursing is preferred.
One year of experience as a registered nurse or completion of an RN residency program required.
Texas RN (Registered Nurse) license required upon hire.
BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) required upon hire and before providing independent patient care; must be maintained quarterly.
CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) training required within 90 days of hire and maintained annually.
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) required within 90 days of hire.
High degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.
Must be able to attend training at the corporate office in Arlington during the first 1–5 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

Telemetry experience preferred.
Med Surg experience helpful.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to patients’ priorities regarding safety and physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of each person through unconditional acceptance.
Seek to understand others’ frames of reference and the meanings that matter to them.
Engage families and caregivers in healthcare situations.
Help patients and families understand, confront, and learn about health and illness through shared problem-solving and mutually acceptable decisions.
Listen and concentrate attentively; be reliable, available, and attentive.
Create a healing environment that provides privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
Deliver high-quality patient care through nursing education, nursing research, and innovations in nursing practice.