Registered Nurse (RN) - Post Acute Inpatient Rehab (Full Time/Nights)

Texas Health•Dallas, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse (RN) - Post Acute Inpatient Rehab. Bring your passion to Texas Health So we are Better + Together! Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231. Work hours: Full Time/Nights (6:45p – 7:15a), Variable Shifts, Weekend and holiday requirements. Post Acute Inpatient Rehab Department Highlights: Self-Scheduling that helps with work life balance, Opportunities for educational and career growth, Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team, Rehab unit with 30 patients. For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We’re an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s services and emergency medicine. Plus, we’re a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women’s imaging services. Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center and a designated Magnet hospital. We’re a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more. If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!

Requirements

Nursing Diploma in Nursing required or Associate’s degree in nursing required or Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred
1 year of experience as a registered nurse or completion of an RN residency program required.
1 year of Med Surg/Rehab experience strongly preferred
RN – Registered upon hire required
BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required
ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days of hire required
PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days of hire required
CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention training annually within 90 days required
TNCC – Trauma Nursing Core Course within 6 months required or ATCN – Advanced Trauma Care Nurse within 6 months required
A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Basic human needs – responds to other’s priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.
Human Respect – Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance as evidence by handling of the body with care; demonstrating knowledge of patient rights and incorporating into daily practice and calling patient by their name.
Appreciation of Unique Meanings – concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
Affiliation Needs – Engages family/caregivers in health cares situations., families, physicians, peers and other duties.
Mutual Problem Solving – professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.