Registered Nurse Ortho Trauma- Full Time Days

Texas Health Resources•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse (RN) Ortho Trauma Burn Department. This role is Full Time Days (7A-7P) with rotating weekend and holiday requirements. The department offers self-scheduling, opportunities for educational and career growth, a robust Unit Based Council (UBC), and engaged leadership. The unit is a 36-bed Orthopedic Trauma/Joint Replacement Unit in the Justin Tower, providing care for patients with trauma/burn and orthopedic injuries. The unit primarily cares for adolescent and adult patients with traumatic injuries, orthopedic trauma, and burns (20-25% or less). Patients requiring telemetry monitoring may also be cared for on this unit. Typical patient injuries include rib fractures, distal orthopedic injuries, traumatic spinal injuries, closed head injuries with and without confusion, traumatic amputations, hemothorax, and pneumothorax.

Requirements

Associate degree or Nursing Diploma required
One-year experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
Current BLS (required) –prior to providing independent patient care.
CPI training within 90 days of hire (required)

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
1+ years of Med/surg, Burn, Trauma or Orthopedic RN experience in acute care setting (preferred)
Strong med/surg experience including charge/preceptor skills (preferred)
ONC – Orthopedic Nurse Certified within 2 years (preferred)
NICHE - Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders within 12 Months(preferred)

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.