Registered Nurse Medical Tele - Full Time Nights

Texas Health Resources•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse (RN) Medical Tele. Bring your passion to Texas Health where we are Better + Together. Work location: Texas Health Fort Worth, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. Fort Worth TX 76104. Work hours: Full Time (6:30 PM -7 AM) for 36 hrs/week. Weekend and holiday requirements. Department highlights: Self-Scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth. Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team. 28 bed Med surg Tele unit improves the quality of care for the tele patient. Patients are admitted to this floor for multiple acute chronic diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, pancreatitis, weakness, failure to thrive, GI bleeds, Diverticulitis, trachs, DKA, BKA, infections, diabetic, renal, urology with traveling tele beds.

Requirements

Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program or Nursing Diploma required
Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire
BCLS (AHA) prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly
ACLS within 90 days of hire required
CPI training within 90 days of hire
One-year experience as a registered nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
2+ years Med/Surg RN experience in an acute care setting preferred.
Prefer strong med/surg experience including charge/preceptor skills

Responsibilities

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
Assesses the patient
Plans the care of the patient
Intervenes as appropriate
Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.