Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department (ED) (Full Time/Evenings)

Texas Health•Frisco, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse II works in the Emergency Department at Texas Health Frisco, delivering patient care in a fast-paced acute-care environment. The role emphasizes responding to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; respecting each person’s worth; engaging families and caregivers; understanding patients’ perspectives; and helping patients and families navigate decisions. Nurses are expected to provide attentive reassurance, communicate supportively, and create a healing environment that promotes privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility. This is a full-time evening position working three 12-hour shifts per week, 3 p.m. to 3 a.m., for 36 hours per week. Weekend and holiday shifts rotate. The department offers self-scheduling, teamwork, and a supportive environment with opportunities for education and career growth. Texas Health Frisco is a 93-bed acute-care hospital specializing in, among other services, emergency medicine.

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.
Registered Nurse (RN) license required upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required upon hire, before providing independent patient care, and maintained quarterly.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 90 days.
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training required within 90 days and maintained annually.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 90 days.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) required within six months.
Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 90 days if floating to Mother Baby.
High degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Two years of RN experience in an emergency department acute-care setting is strongly preferred.
Completion of an emergency department residency is a plus.

Responsibilities

Respond to patients’ priorities regarding safety and physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor each person’s worth through unconditional acceptance.
Engage families and caregivers in health care situations.
Seek to understand others’ frames of reference.
Help patients and families understand how to address decisions acceptable to the involved parties.
Listen attentively and be reliable, available, and attentive to others.
Communicate in a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant manner.
Create care settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
Deliver high-quality patient care through nursing education, nursing research, and innovations in nursing practice.