Registered Nurse (RN II) - Surgery - Full-Time, Nights

Texas Health•Fort Worth, TX

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN II) in Surgery delivers patient care using the Nursing Process: assessing patients, planning and implementing care, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The nurse incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, responds to patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintains continuity of care across shifts, hospitals, and out-of-hospital transfers. The position is based in the Surgery department at Texas Health Fort Worth, a high-volume department averaging 75 surgeries per day. The surgical offerings include robotics, complex spine and orthopedic trauma, and intricate plastic surgery cases. The department is a Level I Trauma candidate and provides experience with high-acuity and intense surgical procedures. This is a full-time night position scheduled for 36 hours per week.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing.
One year of experience as a Registered Nurse or completion of an RN residency program.
Current RN licensure upon hire.
BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) before providing independent patient care, maintained quarterly.
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) within 90 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
Operating Room experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients.
Plan patient care.
Intervene as appropriate.
Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ needs for information.
Maintain continuity of patient care across shifts, hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.